Why the Great Powers Stopped Fighting — and Why It's Ending Now | Prof. Jiang Xueqin Explains

#Geopolitics #GameTheory #TheLongPeace For 80 years, the world's great powers never once fought each other directly. We told ourselves a comfortable story: that humanity had finally grown up, become more moral, evolved past war. That story is wrong. In this lecture, I reveal why the "Long Peace" was never about morality at all — it was about structure. Using game theory and structural history, we unpack the four hidden pillars that made great-power war irrational for eight decades… and why all four cracked at the same moment in 2026, breaking the rule that kept us safe. We break down: → Why peace is an equilibrium, not a moral achievement — and why that changes everything → The four structural pillars that quietly held the Long Peace together → How nuclear deterrence, economic interdependence, a single dominant power, and shared institutions each made war the irrational choice → Why every one of those pillars is now cracking or already collapsed → The 1909 warning the world ignored right before 1914 — and is ignoring again today → Why a multipolar world is far more dangerous than the one we just left → The Thucydides trap, the Sicilian Expedition, and the iron logic of imperial overreach This is not about taking sides, and it is not prophecy. It is rigorous, evidence-based structural analysis through the lens of game theory and historical pattern — applied to the most dangerous turning point of our time. 🔥 Watch until the end — the historical parallel will change how you read every headline. Drop your answer below: are we living in the gap between two world orders? 👇 ⚠️ DISCLAIMER This video is created strictly for educational, analytical, and informational purposes only. All insights are based on publicly available information, historical precedents, economic data, and established game-theory frameworks. The views expressed are for discussion and educational value only and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, political, or professional advice of any kind. This channel does not endorse, promote, or support any government, political party, military action, or agenda. Some visuals may include AI-generated representations for storytelling purposes. Geopolitical events are complex and change rapidly — viewers are encouraged to do their own research and form their own informed opinions. 🔔 Subscribe to channel for weekly deep-dive geopolitical analysis using game theory, structural history, and clear-eyed strategic thinking. the long peace, why humans avoid war, great power war explained, nuclear deterrence, mutually assured destruction, economic interdependence, multipolarity, Thucydides trap, Sicilian Expedition, The Great Illusion 1909, game theory of war, structural history, balance of power, security dilemma, nuclear taboo, decline of American empire, de-dollarization, petrodollar collapse, world order 2026, geopolitics 2026, is world war 3 coming, why peace is ending, power transition theory #Geopolitics #GameTheory #TheLongPeace #Multipolarity #ThucydidesTrap #NuclearDeterrence #StructuralHistory #Geopolitics2026 #WorldOrder #GreatPowerCompetition #Petrodollar #IranWar2026