Interested to know your opinion on China. I agree the US and Russia like to pull each other’s tails but don’t let it get out of hand,and have done so for so long it’s basically SOP.
I have a nephew who was on the USS George Washington when she led a Battle Group in to the Yellow Sea...maybe 500 miles from Beijing. This was during Obama, maybe 5-6 years ago.
He said the Chinese never came out to play even once. All military ships and aircraft stayed at least 100K away.