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Or maybe being the hegemon doesn't mean you have to instigate and bankroll wars in every corner of this earth.



Russia started this war. The US abandoning their closest allies against their historical main antagonist results in losing the status of hegemon, and the economic and geostrategic benefits that entailed.

Russia is winning the cold war, 35 years after it "ended".


You don't get to pick and choose between benefits and costs. Like, over the long term you can, but blowing up your alliances at a press conference is not a strategy for long term geopolitical success.

Great TV, though.




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