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a marriage of convenience where everyone's already eyeing the divorce.
means A temporary alliance of distinct parties, groups, or nations who join forces to pursue a shared goal—usually political or military—while keeping their separate identities.
from From Latin coalescere, 'to grow together,' built from co- ('together') and alescere ('to grow up,' the same root that feeds 'adolescent' and 'nourish'). The image is botanical: separate shoots fusing into one stem. English borrowed it in the 17th century, first for the literal growing-together of things like bone or tissue, then quickly drafted it into politics, where the fusing tends to be rather less permanent.
- latin root
- From coalescere, to grow together
- belgium record
- Spent 589 days governing with no coalition
- math twist
- Game theory studies which alliances actually pay off
- war origin
- Seven coalitions formed to stop Napoleon
- fragile by design
- Smallest party often holds the most leverage
coalition of the willing — 2003 iraq war invasion led by us and uk with 49 participating nations
german grand coalition — cdu/csu and spd governed together 2005-2009, 2013-2017, 2018-2021
united nations coalition — 35-nation alliance against isis formed 2014 in iraq and syria