The modern world has come to the point where very few wars in the classical sense are fought. But economic, financial, hybrid wars are fought all the time. The modern world is used to the good life, and does not want to see destroyed cities and corpses of people. It's scary and it's-- IT'S NOT PROFITABLE. It is much easier to create certain conditions, when the enemy will be left without finances, economy, or the ability to influence or produce something. And through economic problems - it is possible to change the ruling elites and redistribute favorable contracts, which will bring the winner huge profits for many years or decades. Even the "capture" of countries nowadays is done without a single shot, but simply by creating a certain situation. A "good" example is Chinese investments, for example in Srilanka, read the story there, it is very revealing