With all due respect, I think you are an example of nn American living in the narrative created by the US MSM. That narrative being that things are about the same as they were in the 80s and early 90s. That world is long gone.

China is not weak. Russia is not weak. India is not weak. The "West" (NATO/EU, etc.) is less than 20% of the world's population. BRICS+ is very strong economically if not close to matching the West. We are seeing right now that the world's most powerful military cannot cover 80% of the world's financial challenges. Particularly when since the 90s we have outsourced nearly all our production to that other 80%.

As just one example: The West does not have the production capacity to supply Ukraine with arms and ammo to match "tiny" Russia's production capacity. That is without China supplying Russia.