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Summary
After the Cold War, international relations between allied nations became more difficult. Leaders of previously allied nations were required conduct tactful economic negotiations for the purpose of not triggering tensions that were previously overlooked.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Bonds between nations are strengthened by a common enemy, and this bond enables nations to overlook otherwise problematic economic tensions.
26.
The situation described above conforms ████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████████████
a
International economic competition ██ █ ███████ █████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ █████████████ ████████ ████████████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether military competition was a cause of tension between nations.
b
Bonds between allies ███ ████████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ █ ██████ █████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ██████ ████████ ██████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know anything about bonds derived from common economic goals from the stimulus.
c
When there is █ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ██████████ ███████████ █████████ ███████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ████████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether economic agreement was more easily reached between allied nations. We only know that these bonds led nations to overlook economic tensions.
d
Economic matters are ██████████ ███████████ ██████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether economic matters were considered unimportant. We only know that economic tensions may have been overlooked.
e
A common enemy ███████████ ██ █ ████████████ ████ ███████ ████████ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ ████████ ████ █████ █████████ ██ ████████████
This answer is strongly supported. This principle explains why, after the Cold War, previously allied nations were required to conduct tactful economic negotiations. The nations’ allegiance allowed them to overlook economic tensions between themselves.