216 | Ian Morris: How Russia's Grand Strategy Drives the War in Ukraine

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Introduction

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What Do You Think Determines Whether a Society Effectively Stands Together?

02:10 • 3min

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Global Power Shifts Across the World

04:46 • 2min

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The Long Piece

06:50 • 3min

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Is There a War Between Great Power and Great Power?

10:19 • 2min

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The Soviet Union Is Coming to an End

12:12 • 2min

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Is Putin Trying to Reconstitute the Soviet Union?

13:54 • 4min

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Is This Putten's Grand Strategy?

18:09 • 4min

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China and Russia Are Not as Allined for Capital A

21:50 • 5min

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What Happened in Germany and Japan in 1991?

26:50 • 4min

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Is Russian Identity Expansive?

30:42 • 2min

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Insurgency

32:53 • 5min

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Nuclear War Is the Ultimate Thrill for Everyone

38:16 • 2min

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The Problem With Escaladescension

40:42 • 5min

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What Is the West?

45:16 • 5min

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What Is the Relationship Between Free Will and Human Agency?

49:54 • 2min

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What Is the Proper Way to Conceive of the Different Camps as Looking at This Century?

52:18 • 4min

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How to Organize a High Energy, Industrialized Society

56:31 • 2min

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Is This the Beginning of a Longer Phase?

58:35 • 3min

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Geography as Destiny - Britain and the World

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