| We must forget geopolitical considerations, the spheres of influence and strategic interests. |
| Some may develop strategies to deny foes the ability to project power into their spheres of influence. |
| Instead they were looking to redivide Europe into rival spheres of influence. |
| As mentioned previously, non-academic partners were frequently expected to 'mobilize' the research results within their spheres of influence. |
| Since the 1880s, the great powers had all been engaged in expansionist drives to extend their spheres of influence to the rest of the world. |
| It was characterised by the arms race between the two superpowers who were eager to preserve their spheres of influence. |
