"Washington has a tendency to hold other powers……" — Thomas P.M. Barnett
"Washington has a tendency to hold other powers to standards that it routinely flaunts - plain and simple."
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16 Quotes by Thomas P.M. Barnett
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- Great powers reserve the right to police bad actors in their neighborhoods.
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