Geopolitical tension looms over American politics, as was evident in last month’s debate when Kamala Harris claimed her rival “sold us out” to China. Though election rhetoric has heightened these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in ...

George Yeo, the former foreign minister of Singapore, spoke last month about why China's unique character suggests they do not have any desire to be a colonial power at the Cambridge Union. "America ...

One Ancient Roman historian argued that republics need the fear of common enemies to prevent political factions from tearing the state apart. The clarity of Thucydides’s writing and the acuity of his ...

The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us understand why rising powers provoke insecurity in dominant states. By ...

In periods of transition, the greatest threat may not be the clash of powers but the absence of leadership Read more at The ...

Ancient Greek historian Thucydides has defined the identities of Greeks and  "barbarians" based on colonial influence.

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 rivalry between the United ...