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Jiang's term for the next escalation cycle in which prior restraint ends and both Iran and the United States respond more forcefully.
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second round
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"...Iranians have shown tremendous restraint. But I think that in the second round, and Trudy Parsi says this, the Iranians will unleash their full..."
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"...Tel Aviv. They really do. So I think that in the second round, the Americans will be much more forceful in their response. I..."
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"...game theorist, how I would go into this war. Basically, in round one, America tried decapitation. It tried these shock and all, blitzkrieg, just..."
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"...will be the first 21st century war. Okay? So America, in round one, tried to use shock and awe. Shock and awe is basically,..."
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"...North American technate. Yeah, exactly. So this is obviously making the rounds in the administration. Some people obviously think this is a great idea...."
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"...right now is not actually a ceasefire. We're actually looking at round two or recalibration of American strategy. So in round one, remember, the..."
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"...from a military perspective, if the wars escalate, then Americans in round two will use a three -pronged approach. Okay? So the first approach......"
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"...does not work, and war continues, then we can expect in round two, the fighting will get much worse. Okay? Iranians will start to..."
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"...this war with iran actually end right so i think in round one of this war like me in the past seven eight weeks..."
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"...think the americans will um will fight this war in in round two it'll be much more strategic it's it's going to apply pressure..."
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"...Russia and try to beef up its defenses for the next round."
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"...you know you've been working really hard lately making all the rounds on all the big podcasts so we do appreciate the time you've..."
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A source-grounded reading of the nation-state as war machine: Rousseau turns liberty into sovereignty, Fichte turns language into blood, Bismarck turns welfare into war infrastructure, Mussolini turns myth into death, and 21st-century war turns...
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Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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Jiang treats the Iran shock as a long-cycle pressure system: initial strikes fail, the state shifts to durable economic coercion, and public attention is expected to absorb scarcity, distraction, and control mechanisms as this...
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Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...
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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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