Never look for complexity in diplomatic decisions. With very few exceptions, actions always devolve-and that's the exact term-from someone's self-interest. Not the national self-interest, by the way. We are talking here about individual careers. (Jack McDevitt)

Never look for complexity in diplomatic decisions. With very few exceptions, actions always devolve-and that's the exact term-from someone's self-interest. Not the national self-interest, by the way. We are talking here about individual careers.

Jack McDevitt

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