Conflicts in alliance pertain to a perceived divergence of interests, or the belief that partners’ current aspirations cannot be achieved simultaneously. Conflict is generally imagined as destructive, because it creates negative reactions that can intensify partner tensions. Moreover, conflicts induce heightened competitive processes, create misperceptions of alliance progress and stimulate a sense of the inequitable distribution of alliance outcomes. They also can give rise to distrust and anxiety, reduce the level of cooperation and efficient integration of activities, and hamper alliance performance. When conflict leads to overt aggression or passive resistance, it harms alliance performance in another way. Thus dysfunctional conflicts have negative effects in terms of strategic alliance collaboration and partners who perceive them tend to consider themselves obstructed from achieving their objectives.