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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-05-21, day precision Aliases: northern-sea-routes, route, routes

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Northern Sea Route

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So one area of cooperation between Russia and China is trade routes. All right? So as we discussed previously in this class, what the..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So one area of cooperation between Russia and China is trade routes. All right? So as we discussed previously in this class, what the..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Putin Does Not Want The Throne (2026-05-21, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Putin Does Not Want The Throne; Trump in China as a Grand Bargain Engine; World War Trump and the Fortress Empire.

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Key Notes

Northern Sea Route

Glossary

The Russian Arctic trade path Jiang presents as China's northern hedge against maritime blockade, but also as a new source of dependence on Moscow.

Lecture model on 2026-05-21 of China's trade-route strategy under U.S. pressure.

model

Jiang presents the Malacca Dilemma as the core reason China wants a northern Russian trade route, but he says Beijing still prefers balancing rather than choosing Russia outright so that both trade pathways stay available.

Timestamped Evidence

Putin Does Not Want The Throne

2026-05-21, day precision · Game Theory #27: Putin Enters the Chat

Transcript

"...So one area of cooperation between Russia and China is trade routes. All right? So as we discussed previously in this class, what the..."

The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon

2026-04-16, day precision · “It's An Act Of WAR!” Professor Jiang vs Gordon Chang On China, Iran & Trump | Plus Robert Pape

Transcript

"...weeks of war, and with the president scrambling for an escape route, it's fair to ask whether acting now helped the Iranian people at..."

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The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon

2026-04-16, day precision · alias-match

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The interview begins as a fight over whether the Iran war has helped anyone, then turns into a harder question: what happens when a regional war reveals that waterways, energy corridors, diaspora hopes, and...

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