Yes, it's their diversity of despots, with regional power centers, that makes them stronger as a whole against all of humanity, and the absence of nations of people, the forced diversity of the populations of countries, that weakens us, and makes all people more susceptible to their tyranny.
This is because our differences cause us to clash with each other, and our mutual antipathy and competition for local advantage make us all more vulnerable to despots who impose on us all their tyranny.