The increasing density of the globa

The increasing density of the global relationships of national leaders
and the proliferation of international roles and responsibilities suited
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to the dignity of officeholders at the pinnacle of national governments
are reshaping the opportunities to which such office holders will be responding. This international web of ties and opportunities, though it is
not without the potential for abuse, will increasingly make it easier for
elected leaders to play by the perverse rules of democratic politics—“to
accept political defeat: to leave office upon losing an election, to follow
rules even when they work against one’s own interest.”