Here’s a scary thing about dealing with the Chinese or Russian gov as a state adversary:
If you talk to any one of us who has spent our career dealing with them, we will give you a slightly different picture and think our findings and experiences are the scariest.

It’s because their plans are so big and so long term. We aren’t used to that kind of long game as a culture. We each see vignettes. They impact us profoundly. Mere parts of the model. We are talking about plans that cross every sector and span decades.

Until you start to wrap your head around the scale, you’re dealing with tactics, not strategy or logistics.

In either instance, you really need to understand at least 200 years of history and geopolitics, and how it has influenced those countries. The USA is only a little bit older than that.