Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Pemalite said:

The USA doesn't run the world. I would argue China does these days...

The USA might be our largest ally militarily, but China is our biggest economic partner, everything China does affects us more significantly than the USA... The same goes for most other countries these days, it's China who has the balls to push economically.

For example... American Tariffs on Australian minerals and resources is insignificant, but a Chinese Tariff on Australian minerals and resources? That would screw us over.

No one runs the world, but some countries definitely have more say in the matters of the world than others. The US is definitely among them, and apparently it has particularly much influence in Europe.