Great Britain
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 20, 2023 by Graham Allison · across every show →
Everything said about Great Britain, oldest first
Sep 20, 2023
Allison: 12 of 16 historic rising-vs-ruling power rivalries ended in war
“In the book I look at the last 500 years, there's 16 times we've seen a rapidly rising power threaten a colossal ruling power. Think of Germany's rise, beginning of the 20th century, and the challenge to Great Britain, that became World War I. So most often, o…”
May 4, 2025 negative
Rollins: Every major empire collapsed due to government largesse
“Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Great Britain, every great world power has buckled under the weight of a government that hands out the largesse, right, that, that everyone's got their hand in the pot, and they buckle, and that's how they lose their place in the w…”