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In moments of national recalibration, certain commentators develop a dangerous habit. They mistake expansion for displacement.
A new office emerges and the speculations begin. Someone powerful has fallen, some pundits say. Someone influential has lost favour, others conclude. Someone once central has now become peripheral, the theorists insist.
That interpretation may satisfy the appetites of current affairs gossip. It rarely explains how serious governments actually function.