12-15-2016, 12:00 PM
Russia has been slowly picking up where it left off in the 70s. Their economy is stronger, their infrastructure is stronger, there's a sense of national self again. We've been fortunate the last few decades in that there really hasn't been a super power moving in an alternate direction as us. The EU looks a little stronger after some recent elections, so there's that and growing South American relations — where economies are getting stronger — thanks to Obama and more democratic minded folks.