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The interview frames U.S.
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The interview frames U.S.
Open cooperative competition is Jiang's term for fractured societies whose internal rivalry produces innovation in military, society, philosophy, and literature.
Europe was historically divided, poor, and hard to unite because it was too far north, mountainous, lacked comparable major rivers, and had many internal natural boundaries.
"The concept we use for this in our class is open cooperative competition. This is the main driver of innovation in the world. When..."
"So very early on, the United States could become very wealthy as well as unified. And it did not have to fear external enemies,..."
"It was extremely hard to unite Europe. Please remember, Rome was not a European empire. It was a Mediterranean empire. That's a huge difference...."
"...do you think? Do you think we're going to have a fragmentation for at least, what, five years? Ten?"
"...decline. You also see economic inequalities. Shifts in the demographics. Social fragmentation. Political polarization. The legitimacy of the government. Among the public. Which is..."
Jiang treats World War III not as one future declaration but as a chain reaction already set in motion: the rules mask has fallen off the American empire, Iran has become the hinge of...
Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and not much of an empire.
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