On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 19:54 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote: > I wonder how much this is an example of the British policy of > mangnificant isolation and so where they would make alliances that > resulted in the status quo remaining the same, avoiding any one power > becoming too strong. Its not so much the value gained from the > alliance but rather that it keeps weaken some competitors at the > expense of improving the situation of others.
USA, Japan, China have had isolationist periods, but I am not sure UK has ever done that sort of thing. Quite the opposite, the UK government still tries to con the rest of the world into thinking the UK still has the same influence as it did during the 1800s. Interestingly there are many parallels between the recent behaviours of the major US computing-related corporations and the behaviours of the European governments in the 1860--1914 period. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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