Well, some are obviously more successful than others at influencing elections and politics... The USA are leaving their leadership position, if only thanks to

Well, some are obviously more successful than others at influencing elections and politics... The USA are leaving their leadership position, if only thanks to the current administration, shaking things in disarray. Their structural weaknesses were certainly used to that end and put to profit by foreign countries interested getting into that position. Such a massive change (or tentative change) in geopolitics seldom develops quietly, on either end. Unless one side doesn't react at all.