Geopolitics
Enduring Rivalries and the Hypocrisy of Conflict Resolution: Why Some Conflicts Are Allowed to Fester
The persistence or transformation of enduring international rivalries like Franco-German or India-Pakistan is determined not by single major shocks like wars, but by the wider strategic context and the 'Rivalry Stability Range' within which they operate. It is a travesty that a post-colonial rivalry is allowed to fester by global systems while others engineered by the West are strategically resolved to serve their own power consolidation.
