Every statesman needs to balance the experience of the past against the claims of the future.
The past in diplomacy sets the ground on which the diplomat fights. The future? The motivations on which they expand and gain leverage.
The past in diplomacy sets the ground on which the diplomat fights. The future? The motivations on which they expand and gain leverage.
For this reason, it is always fatal for diplomats to be blindly ignorant of other nation's histories. Especially their own.
Knowing history of other nations helps them maneuver. Knowing their own helps them realize true motivations.
Knowing history of other nations helps them maneuver. Knowing their own helps them realize true motivations.
The experience of the past is the road by which nations do diplomacy. And by extension how they wage war.
Foolish diplomacy prioritizes desires over analysis.
Foolish diplomacy prioritizes desires over analysis.
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