What did Thucydides really say on this? And what’s Athens and Sparta got to do with the current state of US-China relations?
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The war that began Feb. 28 hews to a familiar, dangerous pattern, writes an Iran expert, from deep, historical mistrust and incompatible strategic interests to miscommunication and misperception.
Thucydides did not say that the strong will always win out over the weak.
Projecting strength on the global stage doesn’t always require tanks and guns.
Is a US-China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’
The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.
A military historian and U.S. Army veteran explains how wars are not easy to win – something political leaders often forget when looking at the calculus of conflict.
Trump might have popularised the idea of fake news, but 26 centuries ago Plato and Thucydides were convinced intellectuals and poets were duping the people and undermining democracy.
The comparison between ancient Athens and modern China, and Sparta and the US, through the Thucydides Trap, has its limitations.
As populism reemerges, Thucydides’s insights into the power of words to influence public sentiments remain acutely up-to-date.
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