alt Hacker NewsRealpolitik in action. Great powers just impose export controls because they know they can and they think it would be beneficial to the nation.
Realpolitik in action. Great powers just impose export controls because they know they can and they think it would be beneficial to the nation.
And it is nearly always hubris - the people making these decisions are surrounded by yes-men who built their whole career pumping up the egos of their superiors.