If China is so cool and calculating, why are they alienating all other nations with their foolish bravado while compromising their economy in the process? Like Japan in the 30s, I believe that hotheaded Nationalists are taking over, which will likely hurt China (and Russia) in the long term. As with most repressive regimes, the intelligent and forward thinking people will head West while isolation will stagnate these Countries. US and NATO are doing a good job of "playing it cool", knowing they hold most of the cards (for now). If nuclear war breaks out, it could get interesting (and scary of course). Main question: "what is behind all the Russian/Chinese brazenness? Do they have hypersonic missiles and communication disruptions that can offset our advantage in alliances/geography/shear numerical weapon superiority"?