I'm not sure tit-for-tat works with organisations. If leadership changes, the trust that you built up can just go out the door with the old leadership. The EU i

I'm not sure tit-for-tat works with organisations. If leadership changes, the trust that you built up can just go out the door with the old leadership. The EU is learning that the hard way. What remains stable is a very basic and primitive power dynamic (generally in resources and violence).