That absolutely played a part also.

The biggest takeaway that deserves stressing over and over again is that Things Take Time .. it generally takes 18 months and longer to substantially impact global flows.

The work has to be put in early, kept up in practice, and results are often credited to political actors down the road of time.

TTT - Piet Hein - https://www.circlepublications.net/grooks

Absolutely!