I think Stalin summed this rather well: " Bigger countries have bigger needs!" which explains why for example Finland was always wrong trying to hold onto its land areas (before the Winter War)which the USSR demanded and Stalin could not understand that. A small country should always give in because its needs are not important according to this. Once I read about and understood this theme I realized you cannot try to make any sense into any dictator´s demands or such because there probably might not be any. And trying get rid of those demands by any explanations won´t work.

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