Economic expansion certainly makes sense, with one big caveat if you are able to protect your investments and spheres of influence with force. Can Russia, which quietly seizes ships and ignites a military conflict with 50 countries nearby without any concern, do this? Every day there are 1000+ shenanigans, British missiles destroy strategic production, and no one even talks about red lines, etc. At the moment, even the task of security in our territories is not resolved. I would say "hats off to the blue", at least for now that China is actively and slowly crushing Africa under itself. But somehow it is hard to imagine that someone could bombard the territory of his country without consequences.

Economic expansion certainly makes sense, with one big caveat if you are able to protect your investments and spheres of influence with force. Can Russia, which quietly seizes ships and ignites a military conflict with 50 countries nearby without any concern, do this? Every day there are 1000+ shenanigans, British missiles destroy strategic production, and no one even talks about red lines, etc. At the moment, even the task of security in our territories is not resolved. I would say "hats off to the blue", at least for now that China is actively and slowly crushing Africa under itself. But somehow it is hard to imagine that someone could bombard the territory of his country without consequences.