<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://www.eccentricecon.com/p/the-asymmetry-of-the-alliance-why</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Meanderings of an Eccentric Economist</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-16T01:25:39+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The Asymmetry of the Alliance: Why "Fusionism" Was Always an Institutional Trap</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>