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Power Politics and the Return of Permanent Conflict
What is the central argument of “Power Politics and the Return of Permanent Conflict”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
Power Politics and the Return of Permanent Conflict: The return of power politics as the central. Defence-finance analysis; 5-page sourced DFM PDF report.
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-08-22
The return of power politics as the central ordering principle of international relations is one of the defining features of the present era. The notion that globalization and economic interdependence could render geopolitical competition obsolete has been steadily disproven by the events of the past two decades.
States such as Russia and China have embraced a paradigm radically different from that of Western democracies: the pursuit of prestige, power, and wealth no longer passes through multilateral cooperation but through a structural competition conceived in near zero-sum terms.
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What is Power Politics and the Return of Permanent Conflict?
The notion that globalization and economic interdependence could render geopolitical competition obsolete has been steadily disproven by the events of the past two decades.
Why does Power Politics and the Return of Permanent Conflict matter for European defence?
States such as Russia and China have embraced a paradigm radically different from that of Western democracies: the pursuit of prestige, power…
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