and they remain nonnuclear. i raise this to make the point, mish himer looked at only one of the great forces that moat vitts states in the international system, power politics. but there are other like economic interdependence, the world today thoroughly enmeshed with a complex global economic system where war would hurt the aggressor nearly as much as the victim. there have been almost no land grabs since 1945, the most notable exception being russia s an thenization of crimea in 2014. this almost unprecedented respect for borders, in addition, nuclear deterrence has raised the stakes, making countries far more cautious about launching a great pausch war. the task of american foreign policy is to recognize the traditional power politics can indeed deter chinese expansionism, while also recognizing the ways in which interdependence might constrain it. the u.s. should make an effort