21. On the occasion of their marriage, Barnim concluded a defensive alliance with her father. 22. Today, with the collapse of communism, such a defensive alliance is no longer needed. 23. Saxony wanted nothing to do with the defensive alliance against France formed between Austria and Prussia. 24. Nor could Bestuzhev prevent the signing of a Russo-Prussian defensive alliance in March 1743. 25. Brazil next secured the south-western flank by signing defensive alliances with Paraguay and Bolivia. 26. A defensive alliance was also concluded, but included in the public part of the treaty. 27. In December 1673, Brandenburg-Prussia and Sweden concluded a ten-year defensive alliance . 28. On 2 August 1914, the Ottoman and German governments signed a secret offensive-defensive alliance . 29. That in turn could prompt Japan to rearm and destroy its defensive alliance with Washington, he added. 30. In this month's poll, just 24 percent said they see it as a defensive alliance .
