Jiang frames Dante as a revolutionary whose major concern is that the Catholic Church has become entangled in geopolitics and imperial power instead of concentrating on spirituality and mysticism.
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Geopolitics
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Jiang says that by Dante's time the legacy of Rome has been misused for political gain, with church and empire entangled in European geopolitics rather than serving their proper spiritual purpose.
Jiang says Turkey could become a more important geopolitical actor over the next five to ten years even though he thinks he has under-followed it so far.
Jiang says his move from English literature into geopolitics comes from a general compulsion to keep learning until he can satisfy his curiosity about history, politics, and any field he thinks matters.
Jiang frames geopolitics as a game in which states pursue optimal strategy rather than loyalty or friendship.
He says his current geopolitical focus is limited to Israel, America, Russia, and Iran, with India treated as a later expansion of the map rather than a present core theater.
He says contemporary geopolitics can be read as a conflict among these four narrative traditions, with no clear answer yet about which story-form will prevail.
He says India is geopolitically in a bad position because of its large population, internal chaos, and resource constraints, though he explicitly withholds strong predictions because he does not know India well enough.
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"...his major concern is that the Catholic Church is involved in geopolitics meaning that the Catholic Church is trying to be the Empire it..."
"the jews betrayal of jesus keep on going and when the lombard tooth bit holy church then charlemagne under the eagle's wings through victories..."
"...of the holy roman empire the church becomes embroiled in european geopolitics and this leads to wars throughout this period dante is forced into..."
"...um right now i don't think turkia is that important in geopolitics i don't pay enough attention to turkia and that's probably my problem..."
"What spurred your interest in geopolitics? Giving you a degree was English literature. Okay. So, I've always been a very curious person. I love..."
"...out what is in its best advantage. Okay. So that's what geopolitics is. It's a game. Everyone's just looking for the optimal strategy. There's..."
"...in the future, India will play a very important part in geopolitics. I hope it does, but right now it doesn't, okay? So Israel,..."
"Okay. So I think that the best civilizations, the strongest civilizations are those that have stories that are universal, that they're able to connect..."
"I watched a lot of science fiction, like Star Trek, okay? I love that. So I love it if we could get to the..."
"Okay, so this is a really interesting question. So I'll make some certain comments. The first comment I'll make is that if you're a..."
"...understand it's a really dangerous game they're playing, but welcome to geopolitics. This is the way the world works. The people in charge are..."
"Okay? Think about who in this world is respected. Well, Israel is respected, Putin is respected, North Korea is respected, Donald Trump is respected...."
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