This Past Weekend: Professor Jiang on War, Geopolitics, and the Information Game

A fast-moving geopolitics conversation shows how war, media, and incentives can reshape the world in ways most people miss. In this condensed recap of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #675, the full episode is distilled into a minutes-long summary that covers Professor Jiang’s prediction-based approach, his take on Iran, China, Israel, Ukraine, and the risks of proxy war, energy chokepoints, and global food supply disruptions. Theo Von and Professor Jiang also dig into game theory, misinformation, media literacy, secret networks, and how information can become a powerful tool in international relations and national security. If you want the key ideas on current events, war and defense, and the hidden logic behind global geopolitics without the full runtime, this summary gets you there quickly. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.