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Comment author: lmm 27 November 2014 06:46:44PM 0 points [-]

Alternatively, if he wins, how do you prevent France v. USA instead of Russia v. USA.

If it ends up more even and more positive-sum, I call that a win.

Comment author: TimS 03 December 2014 12:01:06PM 1 point [-]

Why would you expect any different outcome at all? Two-power dynamics often unstable - absent external stabilizer like MAD.