Every country "in-between" of such "super-powers" can meet a similar luck, and some smartass people can say afterwards like "oh it's a just a playground for superpowers". In fact, only one superpowers is prdominantly guilty in the course of last 50 years, and this super-power turns to shit everyhing it touches, making trouble for neighbors, and surrounding itself with shitty sattelites ruined in border conflicts.