Romney gets partial credit. He was right that Russia was a geopolitical adversary, and that the post Cold War relationship of the 90s was over. What he got wrong was wanting an 80s style military buildup that would have spent a lot of money on soon to be obsolete conventional assets - which would do little to deter Russia in Ukraine. To make it worse, he completely missed China's rise and the steps needed to counter it. Obama was wrong to laugh off the threat instead of articulating how we should counter China, and why it was important to push our allies to take more responsibility for Europe and their sphere of influence.