# problems with containment # territorial expansionism # diplomatic expansionism # credit expansionism

# appeasement # deterrence # deterrence failures

# The experience of collective trauma in repressive regimes # how revisionists exploit the collective trauma # the failure of the Western strategy of cooptation

#Geopolitics as theater, part 2 # Roles played by the UK, Australia, Turkey, India and others

# Theater as a metaphor for conflicts in Europe and Asia # Eerie similarities between the roles played by actors in the two conflicts

# UN vote against Russia # How to analyze Chinese and Russian propaganda # A new role for Ukraine's allies

# Functions of communication # Wang Yi's trip to Europe # South Africa joins the Axis of Evil # 1st anniversary - Scenarios for the war in Ukraine

# Are we in 1938? # Alliances among dictators # 3 reasons why Iran and Russia cooperate # Mackinder resurrected

# China’s economic coercion # Limits of commercial rationality # Bad emperor problem # Russian military buildup

# Davos reminiscences # Types of statism # Tanks for Ukraine # A view from Lviv