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Nation-states are made-up concepts and collections of elite interests; many Asian and Middle Eastern elites are loyal to overseas wealth, family, and networks rather than local people.
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Elite interests
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yeah. So here's my theory. Okay. Hmm. So my theory is that it is billionaires, um, that really set the agenda for us, China..."
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He says these same billionaire interests helped initiate the earlier trade war and are now pushing rapprochement because China's WTO-era bargain with the United States did not fully develop as expected.
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Jiang defines geopolitics as the place where the interests of the most powerful groups converge and impose outcomes.
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"Yeah. So here's my theory. Okay. Hmm. So my theory is that it is billionaires, um, that really set the agenda for us, China..."
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"do nothing they'll do nothing and that's the situation that Iran face in the lead up to this war where everyone's like You Know..."
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"Collection of elite interests. And all this means is that the people don't matter, okay? The people are resourced to be exploited by the..."
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"Right. So one thing to remember about geopolitics is that it's often about the convergence of different interest groups. So the greater Israel project..."
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"...I think the larger conflict is between establishment interests versus emerging elite interests. Right. So the example is Donald Trump. Right. So in 2020,..."
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The conversation starts with Iran, but it quickly becomes a wider map of how Jiang thinks history moves.
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