Game Theory #21: World War Trump
4/21/202659 min
In this Tuesday, April 21, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains America's national security strategy, and why this war in Iran cannot end.Notes and References:1. America's National Security Strategyhttps://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23...
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First 90 secondsJiang Xueqin· Host0:00
There has been so far a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States. The ceasefire is supposed to end tomorrow. And right now, the Americans have gone to Osama Bad to negotiate a possible peace treaty. The Iranians may go, they may not go. We don't know yet. It is entirely possible that the Iranians will go to Osama Bad, and it's entirely possible that they will negotiate a ceasefire, a peace treaty that ends the war. But unfortunately, this war will not end. So a lot of people believe that this war, it is just because Donald Trump has decided to go to war with Iran for whatever reason. Um, but that's not true. This war in Iran is actually part of a larger strategic vision that the United States has to maintain its empire. And today, I want to explain why that is the case and how this war will progress. But first, I want to look at some recent events from these past two weeks. One of the big news these past two weeks is that there are a lot of oil refineries that are, um, that are afire, okay? They've been alight. So even as the world has been cut off from 20% of energy from the Middle East,