so historically you could resolve disputes between states with a conventional war. that was fairly effective one way or another but nukes have fucked that up for major powers. very difficult to go to war with a nuclear power if you are a nuclear power too. risky
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so maybe what you do is more like a cold war. basically every nuclear power war going forward is gonna be a cold war in fact. how do you win a cold war. well you just wait until the enemy regime collapses. maybe hurry it along. certainly contain it.
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so maybe one should expect future conflict to be basically a matter of regimes undermining each other using information warfare and small attacks physical or otherwise via proxies to try and get their opponent to collapse without firing a shot b
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You're forgetting economic sanctions which are, nowadays, the main club you whack other countries on the head with.
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didnt forget but yeah i dont know that they do anything tho
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