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Jiang's model for why a weaker, more adaptive side can defeat an apparently overwhelming empire.
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law of asymmetry
Jiang's model for why a weaker, more adaptive side can defeat an apparently overwhelming empire.
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Jiang predicts that the United States will lose the U.S.-Iran war and frames the law of asymmetry as the theoretical reason why a much stronger power can lose to an underdog.
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"...will turn out the way they do. It's called a law of asymmetry. Law of asymmetry. And all this is saying is that the..."
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"...ethnicity, are able to conquer a great empire. And the law of asymmetry tells us why."
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"...going to go over very slowly in detail how this law of asymmetry works. All right. So let's look at an empire. And there..."
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"...hurting the Iranians, you're actually helping them. Because remember, the law of asymmetry states that, whichever group is able to create energy, openness, and..."
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The law of asymmetry says the obvious winner may be the side structurally set up to lose.
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