If only the Cold War were really over.

Russia can’t even successfully invade their neighbor, a former USSR member

But the USSR was able to propogate to the CCP which is propping up former USSR allies for proxy war including Cuba, Venezuela, Indonesia, North Korea, and Iran. They regularly prop up the Russian economy enabling the invasion of Ukraine. Recently they’ve expanding military coverage to Africa under the guise of space exploration. Among their more aggressive actions is supplying the weapons used by Hamas to attack the music festival and reignite the war used by Israel as an excuse to commit genocide. China also uses TikTok as a way to push their agenda and explicitly supported the Trump reelection which led to the largest rightward shift in youth voters ever recorded. China has managed to reclaim Hong Kong and is planning to conquer Taiwan, both notably US Allies in the east. They’re also highly aggressive with India, Australia, Phillipines, and Japan.

The cold war is still on. The tyrannical communist dictatorships are still around and trying to get bigger all the time.