I read this post too fast at first. *sigh*
Once upon a time, the former Doom-Sphere and NPO were enemies. Now they have treaties by several links. The end?
I know, the world of today is hard to recognize. It's a question I'm still trying to answer myself.
Our side will win. Yours will lose. I doubt these moves would have been made without that certainty. The more you see this as power-politics and not as something personal, the easier things will be.