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Close allies compete viciously… | blogjou

Mark Galeotti

The Weaponisation of Everything

p. 42

Close allies compete viciously...



Close allies compete viciously for trade deals and a technological edge, for precedence and prestige. If now we have no real enemies, the sad corollary is that we have no real friends, either.