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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the Middle East. It's almost like guerrilla warfare. And historically, an imperial power has had great difficulties in containing guerrilla warfare. So unfortunately, the..."
He says freezing about $300 billion in Russian assets undermines the credibility of the Western financial system and the U.S. dollar as a source of imperial power.
"...credibility of the US dollar, which is a source of American imperial power. And so that's been very self -defeating. The third example I..."
"...the Middle East. It's almost like guerrilla warfare. And historically, an imperial power has had great difficulties in containing guerrilla warfare. So unfortunately, the..."
"...change throughout the Middle East, of supporting Israel, of establishing American imperial power throughout the world. He didn't pick Nikki Haley. Instead, he picked..."
"...another issue in that there are two main sources of British imperial power. The first, of course, is the Royal Navy. The second, which..."
"...War II exhausted Britain, and it forced the peaceful transfer of imperial power from Britain to America. This was cemented in something called the..."
"...the German economy basically collapsed. Yeah. Right? So by using its imperial powers, what America did was not really destroy Russia. Actually, America destroyed..."
"...that they they're not subordinate to Israel because Israel represents Western Imperial power um and so the technology for example they only do the..."
"...take over the Spanish colony. So now America has become an imperial power."
"...to invade you. Okay? So, it was because Athens was an imperial power and so other nations had to other Greek had no choice..."
Mehdi Hasan does not let Jiang enjoy the Nostradamus frame.
The interview opens as a first-week war briefing and then keeps widening.
This interview is useful because it does not merely pile up predictions.
The episode begins with two escalations: Ukraine expands, Iran heats up.
America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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