The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked ...

No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the ...

In 2014, the eminent political scientist Graham Allison wrote an influential book called “ Destined for War: Can America and ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...

That’s why tomorrow’s decision-makers will still profit from reading Thucydides’ classic History of the Peloponnesian War, well over two millennia after the Athenian soldier-historian penned it.

Overall, “Lysistrata” is an empty comedy. Satirical elements regarding the power imbalance between men and women in ancient ...

The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating ...

In this analysis, Max Boot revisits Graham Allison’s “Thucydides Trap” theory to warn that the US-China trade war could spiral into something far more dangerous. Boot traces historical parallels - ...

Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in 1888. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...