balance of power
11 episodes mention this concept
Awakening RichardAug 30, 2025The Warring States Era: China's Defining Historical Period and Its Profound Geopolitical Legacy
GeopoliticsWarring States EraJoe DynastyFeudal SystemPopulation Critical Mass
PredictiveHistoryApr 10, 2025The Gunpowder Revolution: How Europe's 'Whole Society Approach' Led to Global Dominance
HistoryGunpowder RevolutionMilitary-Political System NexusOligarchyDemocracy
NewEconomicThinkingOct 16, 2024The Economics of War, Peace, and Human Well-being: A Critical Reassessment
EconomicsWar economicsPeace economicsHuman well-beingEconomic growth (GDP)- NewEconomicThinkingOct 9, 2024
The Economic Perversity of War: Horizontal Inequality and Flawed Welfare Measures
GeopoliticsDistributional analysisHorizontal inequalityVertical inequalityViolent conflicts - NewEconomicThinkingMay 29, 2024
Three Chinas: The Economic Evolution from Mao's Communism to Xi's Red Progressive Platform
EconomicsMarket reformsBalance of powerEconomic growth modelsRising inequality - Awakening RichardApr 9, 2024
How Normal Chinese People View the Ukraine War: Surveys, Geopolitical Realism, and Anti-US Sentiment
GeopoliticsGeopolitical realismUS Imperial powerNATO expansionSovereignty 
lexfridmanNov 17, 2023John Mearsheimer on Power, Anarchy, and the Drivers of Great Power Conflict
GeopoliticsPower maximizationInternational AnarchyRelative powerStructural realism- NewEconomicThinkingDec 10, 2021
Towards a Constructive Path Forward: Navigating US-China Relations Amidst Climate, Economic, and Geopolitical Tensions
GeopoliticsGlobalizationUS-China relationsClimate changeNet zero emissions - lexfridmanJun 20, 2020
Steven Pressfield on War as Metaphor, Creativity, and the Human Condition
PhilosophyResistance (creative)Warrior archetypeUs-versus-them dynamicSublimation of aggression - lexfridman
Oliver Stone on Geopolitics, Nuclear Energy, and the US-Russia Dynamic
GeopoliticsMilitary-industrial complexImperialismNuclear energyClimate change 
psychacksThe Asymmetry of Effort: Getting vs. Keeping Emotional Labor in Modern Dating Relationships
RelationshipsAsymmetry of effortGatekeeping of sexGatekeeping of commitmentContemporary sexual marketplace
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- durable peace
- climate change
- human well-being
- multi-dimensional well-being
- national self-interest
- human nature realism
- global public goods
- historical grievances
- conflict exacerbation
- clean air
- security competition
- human welfare
- structural realism
- multipolarity
- supply chains
- post-boom slump
- anti-us sentiment
- arms expenditures
- energy transition
- economic growth (gdp)