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Netpolitik
: A few days ago, I said we were entering a new era of “netpolitik” in diplomacy: networks of convenient alliances that are plugged in and unplugged as circumstances change.
The latest evidence: Germany is talking about forming a European military alliance with Russia.
Again Jeff your American education has let you down…
How can you suggest that “networks of convenient alliances that are plugged in and unplugged as circumstances change” is some kind of new way of doing diplomacy?
This has been the norm for most of human history…
The last time the Germans initiated a military alliance with the Russians, things didn’t work out so hot. For either of them.
Gotta luv’em tho’ Steve, they keep on tryin’. And focus their efforts when they think no-one’s looking.