Time and again he shows that in extreme situations, it is human nature to diverge from ideals that are otherwise firmly held. In these moments, the anthropologist and humanist in Thucydides comes ...

The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign ... treatise on structural inevitability but an exploration of how human frailty, political misjudgment and moral decay can combine ...

According to Thucydides, there is some bright thread of human nature which runs through the differences characterizing different historical moments. History as a singular chain of events will not ...

30-46 (17 pages) A bove all let me emphasize that Thucydides is not a theorist of international relations but rather a historian and theorist of human conflict ... 7. F or the nature of the sharp end ...

The idea of Thucydides’ Trap warns that all rising powers threaten established powers. As China increases its power relative to the United States, the theory argues, the two nations are inevitably set ...

The idea of Thucydides’ Trap warns that all rising powers threaten established powers. As China increases its power relative to the United States, the theory argues, the two nations are inevitably set ...