It’s also noteworthy to mention, that historically, most of the warfare has been to the end of ensuring monetary gain. Whoever controls trade, resources and markets, is the most powerful. Unsurprisingly, much disruption and unrest across the world can be attributed to various entities fighting for supremacy therein.
However we are well into the 21st century and brute tactics to ensure ownership of revenue streams is not practical.
Especially so, if the entities seen exhibiting adversarial behaviour are operating within legal bounds specified.