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Hey Policy Wonks, This Is How You Should Read Thucydides
August 28, 2017

Hey Policy Wonks, This Is How You Should Read Thucydides

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Authors like Thucydides require careful reading and musing to get to the core of their arguments.

Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson
August 11, 2017

Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Forget quick victories; great power wars are usually determined by protracted attrition warfare.
US-China-Japan: Beware the ‘Megarian Trap’
October 04, 2014

US-China-Japan: Beware the ‘Megarian Trap’

By Vasilis Trigkas
Classical antiquity offers a lesson in the perils of economic warfare.

The Anatomy of Peaceful Power Transitions
April 10, 2014

The Anatomy of Peaceful Power Transitions

By James R. Holmes
World War I provides a nice contrast to the violent power transitions of Thucydides’ day.

Beware the "Thucydides Trap" Trap
June 13, 2013

Beware the "Thucydides Trap" Trap

Why the U.S. and China aren’t necessarily Athens and Sparta or Britain and Germany before WWI.

LCS: The US Navy's High-Value Skirmisher
June 10, 2013

LCS: The US Navy's High-Value Skirmisher

Littoral Combat Ships are joining the fleet whether critics like it or not. Here’s how to use them.

Pestilence, Natural Disasters and Death
April 02, 2013

Pestilence, Natural Disasters and Death

Our Naval Diplomat notes that the nondiscriminatory character of natural disasters is worth remembering.

Thucydides, War and Natural Disasters
March 20, 2013

Thucydides, War and Natural Disasters

“There’s no point being bitter about a tsunami or storm. It takes an enemy to envenom human affairs.”

December 12, 2012

The Real Fog of War: Assumptions

“A lesson from 1905: to succeed in international competition, take off your cultural blinkers…”

Flashy Name, Old Idea: Anti-Access Strategy
October 28, 2012

Flashy Name, Old Idea: Anti-Access Strategy

While made popular by recent analysis of China’s military, anti-access has deep routes in history.

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