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The Strange Necessity, ch. 10 · 1928
International relationships are … preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Interactions between nations, this suggests, are never elegant or fully informed. They amount to awkward, groping attempts at connection, shaped by incomplete understanding of other cultures, making diplomacy inherently prone to missteps and misjudged intentions.
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