Glossary
Alexander uses the term for the states he expects to draw back before crossing the nuclear threshold.
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great powers
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model
Jiang says lesser powers such as India try to play both sides of great-power rivalry in order to maximize leverage and extract concessions from all competing blocs.
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Danny frames the World War III question by arguing that the United States cannot presently impose outcomes on larger powers in the way it wants, so the wider war danger is now concentrated in other theaters.
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Alexander predicts that the crisis will stop short of nuclear war because governments, especially the great powers, will ultimately draw back from using nuclear weapons.
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Jiang says China is primarily concerned with domestic stability and sovereignty and wants to negotiate with America and other great powers on a peer-to-peer basis.
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"Yeah, so, you know, all these lesser powers, um, like India, they're trying to play both sides, right? They're trying to position themselves, um,..."
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"Yeah. And they were ready to be done. I mean, they kicked out the French. They had elected a president. They had a government...."
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"But where are we in this World War III nexus, so to speak?"
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"says with this will this all stop short of nuclear war will this happen i think so i i agree with"
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"...back and they will avoid doing it um at least the great powers will avoid doing it and i firmly remain of the view..."
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"...its national sovereignty. And that includes negotiating with America and other great powers on a peer -to -peer basis. That's what the China Dream..."
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"...not. So China is just trying to triangulate between these two great powers."
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"...speculation. Um, at bottom, you see me presenting this thesis, all great power or expansion states, whether they be Muslim, Protestant, Jewish, have fanatical..."
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"...Southeast Asia. And in this formulation, there will be no one great power, right? China talks about the gold corridor, which is this blockchain..."
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"So how will the great powers respond then? Because the U S obviously shifting strategy, it's becoming more extractive and more aggressive. Again, it's..."
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"...is the big question mark because traditionally you know a rising power a great power like china just kind of intuitively demands hegemony in..."
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"...is the nature of the American empire. The American empire, its power rests mainly on its ability to control maritime trade. It's able to..."
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