A hiss, few whispers and my mother would go back to sleep as if nothing out of ordinary makes a habit of disturbing us every night. "It's a habit," she'd try to placate me whenever I'd lose my color. "You grow used to it." But I couldn't..
Countries react to opportunities and vulnerabilities created elsewhere. Energy routes shift. Weapons committed to one theater aren't available in another. Alliances adjust. Governments hedge. A decision made inside one war can change the strategic options of a cou