They didn't make Russia do anything. Russia stated that Ukraine joining NATO would start a war. The US began that process knowing Russia's reaction. Russia did what it said it would do. Years later, Russia has been stuck in a quagmire and Europe has switched to US energy from Russian energy (to its economic detriment), and is preparing to feed itself into the growing proxy war. The US wants the same thing in the Pacific.

Was Russia invading South Ossetia and Crimea also engineered by the United States to switch Europe to American energy? Or is it more reasonable to just conclude that Russia is expansionist and Ukraine has been seeking the protection of an organization that has never been attacked by a major power?

Whatever the case, I'd love to hear your Asian proxy war plan. Japan and Korea vs China?