...but my view is that global chaos is the default state and the last 80 or so years of a global system (more or less) was the exception not the rule. If you think surviving global disorder is the challenge, that then requires different preparation than what you'd do to handle a future hegemon
One thing that is horrifyingly obvious is the amount of people who assume whatever they do, the world will continue to be a place governed by rules A quick glance of history tells you just how unusual that is, and we should be fighting tooth and nail to keep it
The longer this order functions the less people are connected to the underlying system and how it works.