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Balance of power caused millennia of war in Europe. Forming a hegemony has lead to almost 80 years of peace. Large wars haven't been a thing since the dominanc
by c048 5y ago
Balance of power caused millennia of war in Europe. Forming a hegemony has lead to almost 80 years of peace.
Large wars haven't been a thing since the dominance of the US and been pushed further and further to the periphery, especially since the end of the cold war.
- curuinor 5y agobismark and metternich and so on managed to run around and mostly keep a general european peace with the balance of powers for 80 years from the 1820s on. too bad it all went to shit - but current events are not incompatible with the assertion that it's all going to shit this decade...