RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)U.S. reassertion of control at Panama (kicking out the Chinese presence) probably helped motivate it along, but more basically it's an outcome of evolving military technology (cheap missiles and drones now accurate enough to hit ships), the U.S. vs. China superpower rivalry, and the geographical advantages of Iran.For any 21st century superpower to remain a superpower, it must ally with strategically located large countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Iran, the Philippines, Yemen ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)There is a huge difference between superpower rivalry with proxy wars (as with the U.S. , Europe, and Russia in Ukraine) and WW3. For example, Russians don't shoot down U.S. planes or sink U.S. ships resupplying Ukraine. In turn, the U.S. doesn't put official boots on the ground in Ukraine and then complain about Russians shooting at them. These kinds of bright lines separate proxy wars from WW3 and if you don't want China and the U.S. nuking each other we'd best respect them. (An ...