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The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · September 14, 2026 · 1h 48m

The Man Who Predicted The Iran War: The Next 9/11 Will Target Your Bank Account! | Professor Jiang

Professor Jiang Xueqin maps today's geopolitical tensions onto the dynamics that brought down ancient civilizations like the Bronze Age. He argues that the global economy is built on a fragile foundation of US military hegemony and the petrodollar, and that a breakdown of global trade could stall innovation and trigger mass migration. His most striking warning is that the next catastrophic attack will be a cyber or physical strike on financial data servers, designed to wipe out people’s bank accounts — a 'Financial 9/11' — rather than another attack on physical symbols of power.

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The Innovation Equation: Specialization × Globalization
Professor Jiang argues that technological progress is strictly dictated by specialization multiplied by globalization; without global trade, innovation stalls.
Petrodollar Collapse and US Hegemony
The entire global economy rests on US military hegemony securing the flow of oil from the Middle East and the dollar’s central role in global trade.

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