In go game,
the word death means
that a group of stones
doesn’t have liberties.
Peace allows death.
But if you want to stay alive
you need liberties.
That’s why freedom is so important.
This is the same problem
in geopolitics
but it’s not obvious to everybody.
Liberties inside a group are called eyes.
And it’s crucial to have them
when the conflict is local.
But the struggle for life
can be solved by connection
which is more relevant
even at the multi local level.
And you have to recall
what a go proverb says.
Five groups may live,
but the sixth will die.
That’s why the connection is
so crucial between groups.
This is the alliance in geopolitics.