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Why Are China and the U.S. Not Destined to Fall into the “Thucydides’ Trap”? [PDF]

open access: yesChina Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, 2018
With the rise of China and relative decline of the United States, the question of whether both countries will fall into the so-called “Thucydides’ Trap” — an analogy to the Peloponnesian War in ancient Greece — has triggered heated debate within ...
Ling Shengli, Lv Huiyi
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Warand Democracy: A Comparative Study of the KoreanWar and the Peloponnesian War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
“At first glance,” the editors of this volume observe, “it seems odd to compare the Peloponnesian War and the Korean War.” One conflict was ancient, the other modern; one was long, the other short; one featured multiple battles at sea, the other was ...
Walling, Karl
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A Feminist Thucydides?

open access: yesHistos
This paper reconsiders the representation of women in Thucydides and the possibility for a feminist interpretation of the Peloponnesian War. It analyses three key passages where the representation of women is highly idealised and subverts the normal ...
Rory O'Sullivan
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Thucydides: Theorist of War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Thucydides did not set out to be a theorist in his account of the Peloponnesian War. Rather, his analysis of the great war between Athens and Sparta helps to clarify not only the events of that war but also fundamental, theoretical truths about the ...
Murray, Williamson
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La influencia de la historia clásica y la guerra antigua en el realismo político estadounidense [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Enfoques, 2012
Political realism is a school of thought that considers power relationships as independent of the wishes, preferences and theories of actors and spectators. Historical lessons are essential to it.
Horacio Carlos Cagni
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Delphi, war and the question of arbitration (500–400 BCE)

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to explore the Delphic oracle and arbitrations; Delphi’s impact on peace and conflict during the First and Second Peloponnesian Wars (460–445 BCE, and 432–404 BCE) in the Hellenistic world.
Adil Calap
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Politics and Justice: Aristotle, Rawls, and the Case for Realism in Political Theory

open access: yesPhilosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aristotle's analysis of stasis in Book V of the Politics offers a striking example of “distinctively political thought,” as advocated by Bernard Williams's political realism, and in contrast to the moralist approach exemplified by John Rawls. Aristotle identifies disputes over justice, driven by partial and conflicting conceptions of equality,
Paul Sagar
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« Nous sommes en guerre » ?

open access: yesHistoire, Médecine et Santé, 2022
Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, many Heads of States have resorted to military metaphors, while the journalists and historians who were invited to recall the major epidemics of the past have regularly conjured up Thucydides’ account of “the Great ...
Reine-Marie Bérard
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1275-1300, November 2026.
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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Resisting Hubris: For A Stoic Ethics of Power in Leadership Development

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 3725-3734, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay advances a philosophical and Stoic reinterpretation of hubris that challenges the reductionist treatment it has received in contemporary management research. Whereas most studies, shaped by a positivist epistemology, have sought to quantify the effects of leader hubris on performance, this essay reclaims the concept's original ...
Valérie Petit, Xavier Pavie
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