[GOP_1900AD]

No offense, but I advise viewing the threat environment, not in terms of any one nation, but in terms of likely consortia of nations. Particularly, consortia of nations who have overtly expressed hostility toward the West.

[Poohbah]

No offense, but I advise viewing the threat environment, not in terms of any one nation, but in terms of likely consortia of nations. Particularly, consortia of nations who have overtly expressed hostility toward the West.

And you must, of course, ignore the longstanding hostility that the allegedly consorting nations have had towards each other in order to sustain your thesis...

I would view Germany as a far more likely military adversary in the next 20 years than China.