480 BC: Introduction: The first political risk analysts: The pythia of Delphi
31 AD: We are the risk: The decline and fall of the Roman Empire
1192 AD: Gaming out lunatics: The assassins and the old man of the mountain
1503 AD: Gaming out chess players: Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, and Pope Julius II
1776: Everything to play for: John Adams and game-changers
1797: Getting to Goldilocks; Napoleon and the Venetian Republic
1863: The losing gambler syndrome: Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg
1895: Knowing your country's place in the world: Lord Salisbury saves the British Empire
1898-1912: The promised land fallacy: Von Tirpitz disastrously builds a navy
1970: Knowing the nature of the world you live in: Or the trials and tribulations of George Harrison
1978: The butterfly effect in political risk: Or Deng Xiaoping and the perils of a drunken sea captain
Conclusion: Back to pythia's lair: Mastering geopolitical risk.