Jiang applies the law of proximity to nations: what looks like interstate behavior is often determined by the conflict within each nation.
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Foreign Policy
Jiang applies the law of proximity to nations: what looks like interstate behavior is often determined by the conflict within each nation.
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Anglo-American foreign policy is framed as serving private transnational capital rather than national interest.
He argues that America was founded as a Christian nation, its soul remains Christian, and descendants of its early Christian leaders now control the military and foreign-policy apparatus.
He interprets the U.S. policy mix as politically brittle: energy strain combines with diplomatic isolation and perceived disrespect toward allies in a way that increases coalition-friction.
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"So we're going to use a lot more energy. And I'll just say one other final point. The world is not running out of..."
"We're not persuaded. And they should be allowed to be not persuaded, in my opinion, without the president going completely berserk as he's done,..."
"It is interesting because China really gets more energy through the strait than anybody else in the world and therefore has a bigger vested..."
"Yeah, I know. Then you go to work, where you're competing in order to win the favor of your boss and to be popular..."
"And the conflict within nations is the one conflict that determines how nations behave against each other. So today, what we will do is..."
"...transnational capital that has influence over any country. It's Anglo -American foreign policy. Okay? Do you understand? Anglo -American foreign policy, it's not to..."
"...in Christian Zionism. Their descendants now control the military, and the foreign policy apparatus of America, okay? That's the second thing, okay? And the..."
"...I don't have an answer to that. I am not a foreign policy expert. I'm an economist. I'm here to tell you if the..."
"...between the trump administration and whatever higher echelon is actually dictating foreign policy there's a"
"...two is if you look at what america is doing towards foreign policy what they're trying to do is establish a firm control over..."
"...they become your client so this is this has been the foreign policy of the western empire forever and it is sadly continuing in..."
"...only in a different way. But then we also can't take foreign policy out of the equation because who knows what's going to happen..."
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