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<span>The answer is the Social Contract Theory. According to Thomas Hobbes, man originally lived in the state of nature. There was no government or any laws to regulate people. But there were hardships in society, so people came up with 2 agreements: Pactum Unionis and Pactum Subjectionis. The first pact allowed people to seek protection of their lives and belongings. This resulted in a society where people respected each other. The second pact let people united and pledge to obey an authority and surrender some aspects of their freedom to an authority. The authority granted protection of life, property, and liberty. So everyone had to agree to establish society by renouncing the rights they had against one another in the State of Nature and must have some person or persons with authority to enforce the social contract.</span>
It was during the <span>Meiji period. </span>
Well, one part of it is that if a country knows you're not going to attack them, they're more likely to trade with you and help you out during a war. Also, many countries end up in alliances because they are all working towards the same cause, like defeating a particular country. So sometimes it's like an "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" kind of thing. Some times alliances are formed for protection, particularly by a young country or a smaller country. The best example I can give of this is from during and after the American Revolution, where the soon-to-be-United States of America formed an alliance with France so they both could take a jab at England. Hope this helps!