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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Japan before World War II was getting 90 % of its oil from the United States. But Japan was becoming too powerful and so..."
Jiang says Japan's memory of the pre-World War II U.S. oil embargo makes Tokyo unwilling to become fully dependent on American energy again, so it must mix American LNG purchases with renewed oil ties to Russia.
Japan will run down oil reserves in roughly seven to eight months and therefore must act before the energy disruption fully matures.
Jiang argues that no simple grand bargain can hand Taiwan to China because Japan would treat Chinese control of Taiwan as an existential threat to its energy lifelines and could intervene directly.
"Japan before World War II was getting 90 % of its oil from the United States. But Japan was becoming too powerful and so..."
"Right So it seems very likely that that both the Red Sea and the St rait of H orm uz will be closed off..."
"oil reserves but they 'll run out in about 7 to 8 months so they need to act now and so what I think..."
"Right. So let's assume there is a grand bargain where Russia and China respect the Monroe Doctrine, and Trump controls the entire Western Hemisphere...."
"Probably not. So if there's any possibility that China and Taiwan were to sign a re -unification agreement, I guarantee that Japan would invade...."
"Yeah, well, I think the three main rules of energy security is diversify, diversify, diversify. So it's probably a good move for China not..."
A university lecture becomes a warning to China: tactics, utility, and clever people are not enough.
This interview is useful because it does not merely pile up predictions.
This interview starts with a forecasting method and quickly turns into a map of imperial decline.
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