The three once-counter-superpowers during the Cold War are now busy respectively with state (or interstate) affairs at their own choice -

        Russia has suddenly become much richer, owing to creeping high oil prices, and with new dual leadership, pledging to bolster the country's economy and order;
        U.S. is fighting the Iraq War, at the cost of $5 trillion, which increases each day;
        China, with rapid economic growth, is engaged in the Olympic Games.

A simple question: who is smart, smarter in terms of managing state or interstate affairs as a nation, again, with their power and at their own choice? And who will be stronger, more powerful in the eyes of Tomorrow’s history?