Jiang's model is that Putin benefits from a European confiscation decision because the self-inflicted credibility damage would exceed the immediate cash loss.
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Strategic Self Harm
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"We also have to remember that the Americans basically wash their hands off the Europeans. If you look at the national security strategy published..."
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The interview begins with a European emergency and ends in the Caribbean, but Jiang treats both as one argument: Washington is willing to let allies absorb the blast radius while using regional pressure to...
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