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Jiang recommends Robert D. Kaplan, especially his Atlantic articles, as a geopolitical writer who teaches readers to think broadly and interconnectively.
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Jiang treats the Middle East conflict and global monetary system as parts of one strategic architecture: empire, geography, and control of energy channels.
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Jiang treats the Middle East conflict and global monetary system as parts of one strategic architecture: empire, geography, and control of energy channels.
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"...was much younger, I read Robert D. Kaplan religiously, especially his Atlantic articles. You can access his Atlantic articles do so because they're really..."
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"They give you they teach you how to think about geopolitics in a much more broad, interconnected way than. Um. Than other thinkers."
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"...chase that started in the Caribbean and ended in the North Atlantic. U.S. forces captured this sanctioned tanker during a pre -dawn raid directly..."
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"...because America, we're here surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Is there some sort of basis in that claim? Because I..."
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"...can game theory this imperial overstretch because that's exactly what the Atlantic piece that I have here talks about. And Professor Jiang. We talked..."
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"...uh, you know, trying to try. Yeah. Putting companies across the Atlantic or, um, or this trade deals, which are so horrible, uh, but..."
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"...against the Persians so think of like NATO okay the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and they agree that they will put all their gold..."
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"...of your brain, okay? So, this is an article from The Atlantic Monthly, which is a very popular magazine in the United States. There..."
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"...the signal chat was leaked to Jeffrey Goldberg. Um, at the Atlantic, right? I mean, like, like this is the US government. They've got..."
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"...recommendation. Robert D. Kaplan. Excellent. People are already linking that and Atlantic webpage."
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"...almost infinite wealth, surrounded by two oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic. And so Canada does not have like natural predators as they would..."
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"...across this area and then it will trade slaves across the Atlantic and then it will monopolize trade in the East Indies. And that's..."
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