Which of the Following Could Be Considered a Cost of an International

Which of the following could be considered a cost of an international alliance?

A) Alliances automatically lead to attempts at world hegemony, which destabilizes international relations.
B) Alliances create well-defined protocols that rationalize and strengthen diplomacy, making states outside those alliances suspicious.
C) Alliances tend to spur counteralliances, which increases international tension and leads to more conflict.
D) Alliances complicate the ability of states to share information with one another, which increases the chances of misperception and conflict.