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He says U.S. strategy no longer needs to control the whole ocean; it only needs the key choke points that make trade depend on American generosity.
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Jiang says Israel is the best place for capital to shift because the Greater Israel project creates war, rebuilding needs, and a global-trade hub.
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The Middle East remains strategically important because controlling it means controlling global trade.
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The British Empire's main purpose, in Jiang's summary, was to maintain global trade by opening markets and securing sea routes for Britain's finished goods.
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The most profitable early modern trade, in Jiang's telling, was control of East Indies spices rather than New World gold and silver.
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"And it can also target pipelines of natural gas. Basically, it can take offline one -third of the world's energy supply, and this would,..."
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"So that they can control global trade, okay? They're not going to control the entire ocean because it's much too big, but if they..."
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"So if transnational capital is leaving America, then how would you think this shift would impact the global economy, or would it at all?"
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"...And then, what it's gonna do is become the hub of global trade, right? Because Israel controls Africa. And this is something we'll discuss..."
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"...so they need capital. And the third is they will control global trade because of the location, okay? So this is why Israel is..."
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"...so important because the Middle East is the center of all global trade. So, if it controls the Middle East, it controls global trade."
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"its main purpose is actually to to maintain global trade why because remember Britain is the first nation to industrialize therefore it's producing a..."
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"At this time in history, the most profitable product, the thing that was most valuable is actually spices. Things like nutmeg, cinnamon, peppercorn, all..."
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"...the issue, of course, of the attack on the Circassian border. global trade, where a counter to America's naval blockade is by creating a..."
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"...cheap labor to advanced automation. Steve Keen has noted that if global trade stops, China has the internal infrastructure to survive, whereas the West..."
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"...North South uh International North South uh transport Corridor and then Global Trade um becomes again completely dependent on your traditional choke points you..."
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"...way it maintains its empire is by maintaining its control over global trade, okay? And the idea is America in the future will provide..."
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