While I am not proposing this or even want it in my wandering imaginations.
What if the actual real world geopolitical and economic alliance in the world was the US and Russia.
Virtually complete oil and gas dominance, location location location
Massive ballistic missile deterrence and willingness to use it
Armies willing to suffer major casualties if needed
Military technology that can overwhelm or blind opponents.
There are real problems with this hypothetical alliance, don’t get me wrong, or misquote me.
But if we’re going to speculate about ww3 why not speculate on what might stand in the way of WW3.
A REAL economic and geopolitical alliance between Russia and the US.