I am a (retired) professional geographer myself, although my career emphasis was more in the remote sensing/cartography/earth resource management and geomatics disciplines. Although geopolitics was not my specialty, I do have an intense interest in the field, as you have no doubt noticed in my posts here.

It is unfortunate that academic geography has tended to de-emphasize geopolitical thought; perhaps because it has been so often used to justify crime and coercion on an international scale. But the fact remains, the field must be advanced, if for no other reason, the bad guys are always keen students of it. Even when they misapply and pervert its insights, they still substantially rely on them.

My hero was Reclus, not Mahan or Mackinder.

He appreciates the feedback.thanks.

Suggest he crank down on the approved comments. Open the door to replies. I’m sure he doesn’t have time to approve every comment. Might result in a flurry of spam, though, in which case he can always shut that door a bit.

Airlock security is a flux. Especially when building a site. The time spent with approval / deletion term verses content generation / engagement. Does he spend more time approving comments than deleting them? Writing verses discussing?

I’d say open the air lock to all, without approval. See how it goes. We learn by doing.

If he is looking for feedback / discussion, can he find a way of formatting the page layout so the comments come directly after his post? Otherwise they are lost at the bottom of the scroll.