Politics at its core is a human activity, no different from other activities practiced by humans. It is influenced by circumstances and shaped by data, with its own laws, systems, and protocols, as well as its warnings and prohibitions. In the final analysis, it is a 'game' based on building mutual relations on the common ground of shared interests, and sometimes on the common ground of shared enmities.

One of the most prominent characteristics of this game is that it knows no permanent winner, nor a permanent loser. Balances can be tipped at any moment, and results are inherently temporary. The political game is fundamentally based on a vast number of assumptions and probabilities. Therefore, tactical strategies and strategic tactics are indispensable.

The professional player is not the one who achieves a sweeping victory in a single round, but the one who has the ability to continue playing despite apparent losses, for many of these losses may be part of a calculated maneuver, or the price of a long-term strategic tactic. Here, the real gain becomes 'continuing to play,' while the real loss is stopping and withdrawing from the arena. In this game, everyone wins, and everyone also loses. The whole matter revolves around prioritizing some things and postponing others. At critical moments, it may lead to the complete cancellation of what were considered constants, and the creation of new priorities that were never on the table. Politics is governed by a golden rule: no permanent friendship, no permanent enmity. What governs relations is mutual interests, and maintaining them requires continuing to play. To gain the maximum amount of these interests, the list of tools is wide open. It starts with temptations of forming new partnerships in various fields, or opening files that were closed. It passes through threats to break existing alliances or close areas that were available. It may escalate to economic pressures by threatening sanctions, and even threatening to move armies to launch surprise strikes on specific targets. All of these are legitimate tools in the custom of the game. Control of the playing field and imposition of priorities can only be achieved with actual weight. Economic and military weight gives its owner the ability to set the rules. Therefore, the G20 sets the general frameworks for international moves, determines priorities and their timing. It decides the appropriate times to build new alliances, or to break old ones, and sets the conditions for what maneuvers should and should not be practiced. As for the rest of the world's countries, the less influential and more affected, they move within those frameworks set by the big players.