The parallels to WW1 are fairly strong. The World economy may simply be too broad relative to the power structures that sustain it. China and Russia do not wa

The parallels to WW1 are fairly strong. The World economy may simply be too broad relative to the power structures that sustain it. China and Russia do not want to participate in a global free economy that they do not dominate. The risk here is that the Russia and China will use their military power to stamp out democracy for an undefined sphere of client states. History through the cold war shows that tolerating this behavior simply invites further escalation.