And is MAD improved by having more participants? Maybe throw in one or two religious death cult states?

Pretending there is a general rules that applies equally to all roles of "relationship" is naive, an idealistic oversimplification of international politics.

> Look at how Russia has acted since it stopped being a superpower.

so let's give them more nukes and money to calm them down? or alternatively, don't let any new Russias emerge.