https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzQafXYURc0 84 THE SHORT-TERM FUTURE (next 30 years) belong to China: it's FILLING IT KOFFERS acting as a world development for Latin America, Africa, Central Asia with its SILK ROAD (aka Belt and Road) INITIATIVE. IN FACT, it's THE ONLY COUNTRY that has money to INVEST ABROAD. For this reason alone, you want to BE CHINA'S FRIEND. :D ALL OTHERS HAVE MASSIVE DEBT a lot due to "overspending" on globalizaion. BUT, THE LONG-TERM belongs ONLY TO RUSSIA. Russia is NOW going through "a rough patch" DEMONSTRATING TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP "reinforcing" its very competent leadership of the Commonwealth of Independent States. THE AMERICANS have done their very best in former Soviet countries to have the Cyrillic alphabet replaced by the Latin alphabet. THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET "will" prevail. Russian is A VERY BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE with A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE. Though Russia will surpass China IN THE LONG RUN, China will NEVER BE FAR BEHIND. (Ha! Ha!) Ken, Toronto, CANADA