Glossary
Jiang's label for the non-Western world whose anti-imperial memory and resentment he thinks makes Russia's self-defense narrative persuasive after the Ukraine invasion.
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Global South
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...with them. Okay? All right. Now, let's go on to the Global South. Okay. So, the thing about the Global South is that Russia..."
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Jiang says support for Putin rose across the Global South after the Ukraine war because many non-Western audiences interpret Russia not as an imperial aggressor but as a state resisting Western bullying and NATO encroachment.
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Jiang presents Africa as the strongest zone of Global South support for Russia because memories of Western imperialism make anti-American narrative framing especially effective there.
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"...with them. Okay? All right. Now, let's go on to the Global South. Okay. So, the thing about the Global South is that Russia..."
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"...are not part of the West, if you're part of the South, what you will appreciate is that the West is this imperial bully..."
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"is also trying to do is create a narrative that Russia is liberating the world from Western imperialism. And this has particular strength in..."
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"...financial powers diversify over to China, the Middle East, and the Global South. Excellent. Well, I'll let Professor Zhang respond to anything that he'd..."
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"Well, on the global South though. Do you see any other developments? Predictions for 2026? Given that you predicted the attack on Iran, do..."
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This interview is useful because it does not merely pile up predictions.
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This interview starts with a forecasting method and quickly turns into a map of imperial decline.
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