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a promise that your enemy's enemy will probably betray you slightly later than expected
means A formal agreement between people, groups, or nations to cooperate toward shared goals or mutual defense.
from From Old French aliance, from alier 'to bind together,' which descends from Latin alligare — 'to bind to,' from ad- 'to' plus ligare 'to tie.' So at its root an alliance is literally a thing tied on: the same ligare that gives us 'ligament' and 'oblige.' The knot was always the point.
- oldest standing
- England-Portugal alliance dates to 1386, still active
- article five
- NATO's mutual defense clause invoked only once, after 9/11
- word root
- From Latin alligare, meaning to bind together
- diplomatic reversal
- WWII allies became Cold War enemies within years
nato — military alliance of 32 member states including us, uk, france, established 1949
european union — political and economic union of 27 member states, formed 1993
asean — association of southeast asian nations, 10 member states since 1967
brics — economic alliance of brazil, russia, india, china, south africa, founded 2009