When a large state is vastly more fragile, it requiresa an extraordinary increased expenditure in moneterin. So when we take russia for example, that has always been a large state, it has to create an identity and of course be aggressive. But as we know from tromp's experience, he went to washington, you know, he he had to face a interstructure that was entirely hostile,. because they were all democrats and didn't like him. And you can do so little. It takes a long time to change an administrationand when at large, itis iis one is large, it is a severe problem.

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