>>/439775/ Here is a list of all the wars America got into from the founding of our nation and/or have declared against other nations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States Compare to Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia This probably is the case for most massive nations that become empires. I consider both America and Russia competing modern empires. This is very dangerous, considering both are top nuclear superpowers.