After gaining power, what actions did stalin take to secure it?

Nationalsim led to major conflicts following world war1 especially when

The devahrime system was created in order to : a. promote the expansion of sikhism in the ottoman empire b. illuminate the influence of christianity in the ottoman empire c. create trade relationships between the ottoman and mughal empires d. provide the ottoman empire with trained professional soldiers

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario