These two elements of threat are often related: states whose power is increasing often adopt more ambitious international objectives, thereby alarming both their traditional adversaries and their current allies. A classic example of this tendency is the erosion of Otto von Bismarck's alliance network and the gradual formation of the anti-German Triple Entente between 1902 and 1907. This shift was partly the response to the growth of German power, but it was also driven by the growing conviction that Wilhelmine Germany harboured unusually aggressive intentions.