How we think things should be is often not how they actually can be right now. So IMO the point is that we need to do our best to deal with things as they actually are -- and it seems to me that what great powers regard as in or not in their vital strategic interest gives us the best gauge we have of how they're going to react when push comes to shove.
How we think things should be is often not how they actually can be right now. So IMO the point is that we need to do our best to deal with things as they actually are -- and it seems to me that what great powers regard as in or not in their vital strategic interest gives us the best gauge we have of how they're going to react when push comes to shove.
How we think things should be is often not how they actually can be right now. So IMO the point is that we need to do our best to deal with things as they actually are -- and it seems to me that what great powers regard as in or not in their vital strategic interest gives us the best gauge we have of how they're going to react when push comes to shove.