Meanwhile, Russia is turning into a failed state, with lots of incentives to loot her neighbors, or in threatening them into giving tribute.
I think there are things the USA would use force for: like making Russia allow foreign companies use its tube-transport facilities to Western Europe to deliver gas/oil.
"You either allow them transport their oil at $0.01 per 100 miles or be bombed into oblivion".
Meanwhile, Russia is turning into a failed state, with lots of incentives to loot her neighbors, or in threatening them into giving tribute.
I can't see what makes you think so since all the countries surrounding Russia are either poorer or NATO members which are hard to loot.