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>>10735520
A counter argument to that would be China. They have enough of a military and nuclear stockpile to deter any quick invasions, and an intelligence apparatus sophisticated enough to make assassinations difficult, but the PRC's biggest stategic weakness is the fact that it needs to import 2/3rds of its oil, mostly from African & Middle Eastern countries. It will be decades before the PLAN can challenge the US Navy that far away from its own shores. If there was some magic energy tranfer tech they would be on it like a Chinaman on fried cat. Its not like they care about American oil company profts; they had no problems cutting off major corps like Google & Facebook.