I think demographically a lot of countries are having to grapple with these issue. Japan, and Germany are two off the top of my head. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, and yes you're right, if it will decrease their global resurgence.
True. Western nations seem to be adapting to this (militarily, anyway) by increased reliance on precision firepower and machines instead of the old "boots on the ground". I was just wondering whether Russia will follow this trend.