No I don't think they're war mongering, because a war is exactly what they don't want. What they want is to leverage the power of a (well-run) hybrid command/m

No I don't think they're war mongering, because a war is exactly what they don't want. What they want is to leverage the power of a (well-run) hybrid command/market economy, huge population (larger talent pool), and power of being unsuspecting #2 and slowly absorb all the other countries and economies. The US does this too, but at least we also want to spread democracy, so the people have a say. If they can achieve the above, they will take control of the world.