Unfortunately, there isn’t enough time to explain the role of the USA which has nothing to do with hegemony. History is a bit more complex and it’s frankly your psychological way of denigrating Europe, Japan and Korea at the same time as the US. Willing slaves and unscrupulous masters. It’s simplistic and ignores the inherent inferior approach the Russian mind has taken. It’s steeped in insecurity, paranoia, imperial desires, autocratic ego and power envy. When coupled with a large nuclear arsenal of course it will be countered by the superior forces. Not all superiority is planned. It just evolves naturally. You are looking for equality where Nature hasn’t put it.