There wasn't a full on war with Russia in the 60s ... there won't be one now.
War would bankrupt Russia, they're already hurting bad from low oil prices.
Too many rich business suits/oligarchs with power in both Russia and China, war is not good for business, so it'll never happen. Too many mega-rich types in Russia and China have made their fortunes thanks to capitalism and access to global markets, and the US is the biggest consumer market in the world, not to mention many rich Russian/Chinese people have children living in the US or Canada. Would never happen. These people would order a coup against the leadership of Russia or China if they pushed things too far.
Despite some being so damn hung up on a "global" economy, it's good in this sense in that every one of the major countries are tied together, therefor a large scale war just isn't worth it as the rich people in those big countries have business interests everywhere that would be damaged, so it's never going to happen.







