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Jiang defines asymmetrical warfare as the inferior side winning by defining the terms of engagement and controlling how the war is fought rather than meeting the superior side directly.
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Terms OF Engagement
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"In human history, okay? It is crazy powerful. If the entire world were to get together and say, let's go fight the United States,..."
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"...warfare means that as long as you can define the terms of engagement as long as you can control how the war is fought..."
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"...you have in this fight is you can control the terms of engagement. You can calibrate your actions to, in order to elicit responses..."
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On June 22, 2025, the morning after Trump orders strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, Jiang turns the Iran war into a three-player game.
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Iran's missile strike is read not as a failed attack, but as a demonstration of asymmetrical strategy: choose the battlefield, satisfy four goals at once, and make the dominant power fight on terms it...
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