USSR fell apart in the 90s. 1992, iirc? I’d just remind the discussion that the US just pulled out of its wars. Also, war has a way of pushing past any debt di

USSR fell apart in the 90s. 1992, iirc? I’d just remind the discussion that the US just pulled out of its wars. Also, war has a way of pushing past any debt discussions. Nowadays, people assume kinetic war is out precisely because of the threat of nuclear war and economic integration of economies. Russia is really assuming anything it does won’t trigger nuclear war nor cut off its ability for economic exchange. Same with China. Taken to a logical extreme, what Russia and China want to do in expanding their borders IS war, they just think there’s fuzziness about what triggers all out kinetics. But of course small steps of expansion are the mechanics of all out war. Edit-Further, the wide rise of nationalistic forces across the globe are signs of growing openness towards war. This path isn’t as unilaterally beneficial to Russia nor China as those parties believe. And if this were a game of risk, the opposing forces of China/Russia expansionism would be looking to unite the rest of the globe against it by whatever means at least undermine the threat of war or economic integration with R/C.