You've never been alive during a time of conflict between the Federation and the Empire.

You created dissension between the Empire and an associated country.

"I'm not clear on the connection between the Klestroni and the Empire."

"Well, hasn't there been any communication between the Empire and the island?"

"It's also the primary shipping lane between us and the Empire."

"The problem is, that would almost certainly be the start of a shooting war between the Empire and the Federation."

The icy silence between the Federation and the Empire had begun before he was born.

A number of conflicts occurred between the Empire and its neighbors.

Maybe that was the problem between the Empire and Accord.

To say nothing of what it might do to the ongoing peace process between the Federation and the Empire.