To avoid this, I think the united states would do well to keep its economy strong. As a hedge against russian encroachment. There isn't much alternative deterrent.
Sure, that would be an excellent strategy if the US hadn't already cocked things up with all the quantitative easing, stimulus checks, and who knows what else that's resulting in serious inflation right now. I look at the price of gas every day, and it only seems to be going up and up, much worse than over a decade ago when it was above $4/gallon.
Meanwhile, I'm not even sure what's happening in Russia and their conflict with Ukraine. It's almost as if that news story has lived out its life cycle--which is bizarre to me, because I would have thought they'd have owned Ukraine within the first two days of an invasion. These days I'm never quite sure what to believe when I see it on the news.
This was what I thought also when the war broke out. If Russia is the superpower that they think of, they should have conquered Ukraine in the first week of invasion, but they couldn't. And now, it taking months and with the help of other countries, Ukraine seemed to stand their ground. So if Russia is the superpower here, they can easily take this small country with very limited resources. I am also not following anymore what are the details and updates on this war. I just want it to stop so people won't suffer anymore. But thinking of Russia as the next dominant superpower, I don't think so. This war event clearly shows they are not.