Three super-powers will control the world?

[paxamericana]

On 1/9/2026 at 9:02 AM, Goddess said:

Canada is being incredibly stupid and playing a dangerous game

This is a 1000 IQ move from patriotic Canadians, giving the US a reason to roll tanks North. Forcing America’s hand.

Edited January 21 by paxamericana

[500channelsurfer]

History teaches us that unipolar and bi-polar worlds are stable.

Tri-polar worlds are inherently unstable and quickly lead to unipolar and bi-polar worlds (examples: World War 1, World War 2).

Currently, we are closer to a bipolar world than a tripolar world. Russia has not the navy nor the air force to expand rapidly and largely, geographically. They have been pushing into Ukraine for years and have not secured victory, with that war 's emphasis on their their military's strength: their ground forces. Ukraine has been fighting back with second rate and previous-generation NATO technology and supplies principally.

Russia is a regional power, not a world power. Russia can threaten the world with its nukes and hypersonic capabilities, but does not have the military to conquer and ongoingly occupy new territories.

Trump in Venezuela is merely continuing the American tradition of subduing potentially hostile regimes in Latin America.  

[SpankyMcFarland]

Russia isn’t in that league. If it manages to hang onto Siberia it will be a regional threat like Israel, Turkey or India. This spheres of influence idea is bad news for South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. They must rearm dramatically and consider nukes. 

Edited January 23 by SpankyMcFarland

[SpankyMcFarland]

On 1/21/2026 at 3:02 AM, 500channelsurfer said:

History teaches us that unipolar and bi-polar worlds are stable.

Tri-polar worlds are inherently unstable and quickly lead to unipolar and bi-polar worlds (examples: World War 1, World War 2).

Currently, we are closer to a bipolar world than a tripolar world. Russia has not the navy nor the air force to expand rapidly and largely, geographically. They have been pushing into Ukraine for years and have not secured victory, with that war 's emphasis on their their military's strength: their ground forces. Ukraine has been fighting back with second rate and previous-generation NATO technology and supplies principally.

Russia is a regional power, not a world power. Russia can threaten the world with its nukes and hypersonic capabilities, but does not have the military to conquer and ongoingly occupy new territories.

Trump in Venezuela is merely continuing the American tradition of subduing potentially hostile regimes in Latin America.  

The six empires of Europe and Western Asia were stable for a century.

[John Stone]

I'll play the Devil's advocate and say that considering Canada's size, the relatively small  population and the bottomless watershed of natural resources it's future in terms of economy can only continue to grow. 

The problem for Canada is likely in terms of sovereignty - not the south, the north............ specifically sea routes.  

The country will need (crucial) to ally itself to defend it's north (diplomacy)

Likely that country will be the U.S. because it makes sense - but that is not a  slam dunk either. 

The rub is, the conditions - what 100 year lease and on what, what sharing, if any?

 

[SpankyMcFarland]

Russia is a zombie state that barely controls its territory east of the Urals. The irony is that it needed Western support against China and chose to reject that. Unless there is radical reform and an end to Putinism, I can’t see it being more than a Chinese satellite.