02-08-2017, 05:18 PM
I think you are depending on a thesis of authoritarian states as being inherently rational (in contrast to democracies) that I don't feel is sound.
The USSR and Mao's China had nukes, and they still fought border conflicts and had many divisions of troops on their respective borders.
Note that I never posited as all-out war as certain, only that in the absence of outside pressures their relation is unlikely to be one of perfect amity the way you keep proposing.
The USSR and Mao's China had nukes, and they still fought border conflicts and had many divisions of troops on their respective borders.
Note that I never posited as all-out war as certain, only that in the absence of outside pressures their relation is unlikely to be one of perfect amity the way you keep proposing.