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A policy that strengthens the enemy or damages the empire's own base of power while intending to weaken the enemy.
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self-defeating policy
A policy that strengthens the enemy or damages the empire's own base of power while intending to weaken the enemy.
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He frames American policy toward Russia as a game-theory paradox: Ukraine strategy, sanctions, and Nord Stream all appear self-defeating from the standpoint of long-term American interest.
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"...this war in Ukraine is very strange. Because American strategy, American policy, American tactics, they've all been self -defeating. I'll give you three examples...."
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"is that by constantly being on the offensive by fighting for every inch of territory the Ukrainian military trained the Russian military on how..."
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"...believe. So when it comes to China, it seems that American policy has been calculated in a way to achieve long -term American interests...."
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The episode begins with two escalations: Ukraine expands, Iran heats up.
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