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The end of Pax Americana will produce regional trading blocs, a return to mercantilism in which local hegemons guarantee trade only among allies.
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Regional blocs
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Jiang argues that even if America lost a war, there would still be no peer competitor to the United States, so the world would divide into regional blocs rather than immediately replace U.S. power with another single hegemon.
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Jiang gives Germany controlling Europe, Japan controlling East Asia, and Israel controlling the Middle East as examples of possible regional blocks in a multipolar world.
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Jiang predicts regional mercantilism may include Israel pursuing Greater Israel to control trade through the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa, while East Asian states compete for independent supply chains and resources.
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"They want people to deliver food to them. And unfortunately, young people don't have to do that because their parents have money. So the..."
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"It was more expensive, it was not so convenient, but it still works. So this does not mean the end of global trade, it..."
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"so i see um israel achieving something called the greater issue project and being able to control trade uh throughout the mediterranean um the..."
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"months um nations adopting uh more de -industrialized policies um nations adopting uh more de -industrialized policies um nations adopting uh more de -industrialized..."
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"So the American empire is heading into a lot of trouble over the next 10 years because all three things are happening at once...."
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