"..the three grand imperatives of imperial geostrategy are to prevent collusion and maintain security dependence among the vassals, to keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together"
https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/BD/BD4CE651B07CCB8CB069F9999F0EADEE_Zbigniew_Brzezinski_-_The_Grand_ChessBoard.pdfjeb
first NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay: “keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down”
https://youtu.be/OS4O8rGRLf8https://youtu.be/u6IIwltTM4Q https://www.risidata.com/Database/Detail/cia-trojan-causes-siberian-gas-pipeline-explosion#DarkWinters