[iskander]

> But in a world where most invasions are – or at least ought to be – self-deterring, for countries that do not have revanchist neighbors who might launch a stupid war of conquest out of pique

Seems a bit dismissive about the degree of revanchism in many former empires (or among people who imagine themselves the descendants of those empires).

Turkey, Iran, China, and Russia at the very least are all waiting for or working towards a world where territorial acquisition by conquest is the norm.