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Jiang’s rule that calibrated control and strategic flexibility matter more than raw escalation dominance.
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law of escalation
Jiang’s rule that calibrated control and strategic flexibility matter more than raw escalation dominance.
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Jiang defines the law of escalation as control being more important than dominance.
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"...want you to remember is this, and this is the law of escalation. Okay, this is a very important idea in my game theory..."
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"...flexible strategy, will usually win the fight. Okay? There's a law of escalation. And I'll explain to you how this applies to the U.S.-Iran..."
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"...to do is we're going to apply this theory, the law of escalation, to what's happening in the Middle East. Okay? We're going to..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
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