Jiang says the pace of escalation is striking even relative to what he already expected.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yeah. Yeah. I mean, things are accelerating. I did think that these things would happen. But the pacing is striking. I mean, the how..."
Key Notes
Jiang says the US-Iran conflict will remain in the background throughout 2026 because Trump will pause and later resume strikes rather than resolve the war decisively.
Jiang says Odessa would be a drawn-out encirclement because Russia fights wars slowly.
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"Yeah. Yeah. I mean, things are accelerating. I did think that these things would happen. But the pacing is striking. I mean, the how..."
"Yeah, so let me clarify my comments. So my feeling is that they will attack Iran. They will use airstrikes. It will be very..."
"special military operation um so again I think that there'll be a showdown uh in Odessa so I think Odessa will be the final..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
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Mercouris opens by asking for predictive geopolitics rather than another issue-by-issue panel, and Jiang answers by folding Ukraine, Europe, Iran, China, and domestic American disorder into one machine.
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