Jiang's category for states like China and the United States that benefit from keeping the broad international order in place.
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status quo powers
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "And China doesn't really benefit from, basically torpedoing the global economy. It got wealthy because of the global economy. So I think both China..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "And China doesn't really benefit from, basically torpedoing the global economy. It got wealthy because of the global economy. So I think both China..."
Key Notes
Jiang argues China and the United States are both status quo powers that benefit from preserving a peaceful and prosperous global economy, so Beijing has no incentive to destroy globalization through a Taiwan war.
Jiang classifies China and the United States as status quo powers, while Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela are revisionist powers that want the international order to change.
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"And China doesn't really benefit from, basically torpedoing the global economy. It got wealthy because of the global economy. So I think both China..."
"...end of the day, China and the United States are status quo powers, they want things to stay the same, Russia, Iran, North Korea,..."
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