re: Our Greatest Geopolitical Problem ?

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Jihadists and its not really close. Russia, and to a greater extent China are there, but they are afterthoughts

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It is close. Russia is a far greater problem than any terrorist. Even after their greatest accomplishment - the Sept. 11 attacks - terrorism could not be classified as an existential threat.
Our response to the attacks has weakened and evolved our military into something that is as an institution weaker than it was a decade ago.

State on state violence is the only tangible existential threat still, which means state actors such as Russia and China pose a much higher threat than an ideologically driven militia in the Middle East.