one global hegemonic power. It is not accumulating territory: it is
trying to accumulate influence and control. That's not working."
He contrasted it unfavourably with how the British Empire governed
India. "It is one thing to take over a territory and then pour energy
and resources into administering it and normalising it. Rightly or
wrongly, that's what the British Empire did — in India, for example.
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