Yale political science professor Ian Shapiro and teaching assistant Christina Seyfried field student questions on the collapse of communism, part of the Office Hours series accompanying the course Power and Politics in Today's World. The session works through the unit on 'A New Global Order,' with Shapiro clarifying arguments about what replaced Soviet-style communism, why the transitions took the shape they did, and how to think about the post-Cold War international system. Seyfried helps steer questions and adds clarifying points aimed at students working through course readings and essays. The format is conversational rather than a scripted lecture, closer to a seminar review session, but the content stays focused on the historical and political substance of the course rather than logistics. It gives a sense of how Shapiro pushes students to sharpen their claims about ideology, state power, and global order after 1989.