Second note to book recommendation

Moreover, absent of ‘equilibrium’ between the three major powers, the ‘profitable deviation’ away from equilibrium belongs to Russia and China, not America, for one reason or another. It follows that with all their advances in technology in recent years, Russia in terms of jumping two decades ahead of America when it comes to material war-making capabilities or China when it comes to AI and various other technologies, Russia and China will opt for the “profitable deviation” away from equilibrium with the United States, thus putting the United States in a pickle to say the least.