America
American policy as explained by Mearsheimer is to remain regional hegemon in The West; with no hegemons in other regions. This is the brutal and ruthless truth, but an ideological soapy cover story is provided by America's liberal democracy rhetoric.
Reality is America will tolerate neither Russia nor Germany in Europe; nor China in Asia. The goals of these latter are national independence and full sovereignty, therefore since America wants to dominate and since Russia and China will resist, ultimately negotiation is impossible and outcomes can only be decided by fighting.
Russia
Russia is attempting to balance the power of America / NATO. Russia is attempting to hold together and protect Russian minorities. It isn't bent on recreating Soviet or Czarist Russia, only survival of its nation, culture and people: the fatherland.
Military power rests on economic. Economic on wealth and population size.
While Russia is not a serious threat
https://youtu.be/PLBc2KWTrck
China
Nor really is China. China has the former (growing wealth) because America gave it priviledged access to its middle class, but the population of China is in free fall.
Nothing to worry about then, according to Peter Zeihan
https://youtu.be/7Me2G6FJZMI
But then there's Taiwan
https://youtu.be/PLBc2KWTrck
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