[lifeinthevoid]

What China is to the US, the US is to the rest of the world. This doesn't really help the conversation, the problem is more general.

[A4ET8a8uTh0_v2]

Yep, focus on actors may be warranted, but in a broad view and as a part of existing system and not 'their own system'. Otherwise, we get lost in a sea of IC level of paranoia. In simple terms, nations-states will do what nation-states will do ( which is basically whatever is to their advantage ).

That does not mean we can't have a technical discussion that bypasses at least some of those considerations.