Glossary
Jiang's term for allies and partners being subordinated to U.S. strategic command.
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vassalage
Jiang's term for allies and partners being subordinated to U.S.
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Glossary
Subjection to a stronger power; for Moscow, Mongol vassalage becomes humiliation that teaches reflection and resilience.
diagnosis
Jiang reads burden-sharing as vassalage: Japan, South Korea, Europe, and NATO are no longer friends but subordinate partners ordered to protect U.S. power.
model
Jiang says historical vassalage can become a source of strength because humiliation creates humility, reflection on weakness, and eventual resilience.
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"...power, and they must follow us. Basically, create a system of vassalage. That's number two. Number three is, we will deter China in the..."
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"We will defend the homeland and ensure that our interests in the Western Hemisphere are protected. We will deter China and the Indo -Pacific..."
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"What Putin himself has said in multiple interviews is there are historical, sociological, philosophical issues at work here. And Westerners don't really understand what..."
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"...say necessity is the mother of invention. The last factor is vassalage. Okay? So, the idea that historical humiliation and subjection force reflection and..."
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