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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Not only will they refuse to consider the strategic considerations of Russia, Iran and China, as you say, but they also refuse to admit..."
He argues that Western elites refuse to consider the strategic concerns of Russia, Iran, and China, and they refuse to admit that NATO expansionism helped provoke the war with Russia.
Jiang argues that relentless NATO expansion toward Russia's sphere of influence made Russian military action a defensive necessity.
He says NATO expansion is best understood as bureaucracy justifying its own existence by expanding, rather than as a deeply strategic master plan.
"Not only will they refuse to consider the strategic considerations of Russia, Iran and China, as you say, but they also refuse to admit..."
"OK, sure. First act is that when the Soviet Union fell, when the Berlin Wall fell, the Americans gave the Russians assurances that NATO..."
"OK, so. So these are three facts that we're faced with that throughout these past 20, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin..."
"...inherit their position. And I think that's the best explanation for NATO expansion for the past 20 years. You know, Russia would think this..."
"But I think the explanation is much more simple, which is NATO needs to justify its existence. And the best way you can do..."
"...to invade Ukraine, Ukraine in 2022. And the reason why is NATO expansion, right? So NATO was essentially encircling, Russia, Ukraine was a, was..."
"Um, he fears NATO expansion. He fears that Ukraine will be, it will eventually be absorbed into NATO and thus threatening the, um, safety..."
"...rational decision made by Putin because Russia was being threatened by NATO expansion. So any rational leader in his shoes would be forced to..."
Jiang's argument begins with a simple civilizational scorecard: energy, openness, and cohesion.
The interview opens with Jiang's method and then keeps testing it across one pressure system.
Jiang begins with prediction as a disciplined loop, then turns the whole century into a religious struggle in disguise.
Danny from CapitalCosm asks the obvious question: where does the world go from here?
The host opens by asking whether history can be protected from geopolitics and ends by asking what to do about elite overproduction.
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