That argues against American overreaction, which could fuel the kind of self-reinforcing downward spiral in bilateral relations that occurred between Great Britain and Germany prior to the conflagrations of the first half of the twentieth century.
La meilleure manière d’éviter une confrontation est peut-être de coopérer face aux menaces externes communes, notamment la prolifération nucléaire, le changement climatique et l’extrémisme islamique.