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![A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-earth-1990298_1280.jpg)
A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China
By Danny Quah
Have Southeast Asia, the United States, and China shifted to a new model of power relations?
![Thucydides and US Politics Revisited Thucydides and US Politics Revisited](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-cole_thomas_the_course_of_empire_destruction_1836.jpg)
Thucydides and US Politics Revisited
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Greek historian’s lessons for contemporary politics are not as straightforward as some commentators suggest.
![Hey Policy Wonks, This Is How You Should Read Thucydides Hey Policy Wonks, This Is How You Should Read Thucydides](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-hoplite_fight_from_athens_museum.jpg)
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 Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-gli_spartani_di_gio_locatelli.jpg)
Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Forget quick victories; great power wars are usually determined by protracted attrition warfare.
![Of Course China, Like All Great Powers, Will Ignore an International Legal Verdict Of Course China, Like All Great Powers, Will Ignore an International Legal Verdict](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-11_14-36-43.jpg)
Of Course China, Like All Great Powers, Will Ignore an International Legal Verdict
By Graham Allison
In ignoring an upcoming verdict on the South China Sea, Beijing is following well-established precedent by great powers.
![Is Thucydides Helpful in Explaining Sino-US Relations? Is Thucydides Helpful in Explaining Sino-US Relations?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/6079_5243ab3d3b798.jpg)
Is Thucydides Helpful in Explaining Sino-US Relations?
By Alek Chance
Is conflict exceedingly likely when a rising power approaches parity with an established power?
![Fighting Ebola? Read Thucydides Fighting Ebola? Read Thucydides](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/6079_5243ab3d3b798.jpg)
Fighting Ebola? Read Thucydides
By James R. Holmes
Thucydides isn't entirely silent on the topic of civilizational encounter with plague.
![US-China-Japan: Beware the ‘Megarian Trap’ US-China-Japan: Beware the ‘Megarian Trap’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-04_07-03-18.jpg)
US-China-Japan: Beware the ‘Megarian Trap’
By Vasilis Trigkas
Classical antiquity offers a lesson in the perils of economic warfare.
![The Perils of Island Warfare The Perils of Island Warfare](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sizes/thumbnail/6920_5243b1fd386a4.jpg)
The Perils of Island Warfare
By James R. Holmes
It’s a lot easier to take an island than it is to hold on to it.
![The Anatomy of Peaceful Power Transitions The Anatomy of Peaceful Power Transitions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-10_06-03-54.jpg)
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.
![Rome, Carthage and US-China Relations Rome, Carthage and US-China Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-04_07-19-05.jpg)
Rome, Carthage and US-China Relations
By James R. Holmes
With all this Thucydidesmania, it’s easy to forget the important lessons the Punic Wars might offer China and the US.
![Why Russia Yearns for Empire Why Russia Yearns for Empire](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-19_07-39-53.jpg)
Why Russia Yearns for Empire
By James R. Holmes
A primal instinct was behind Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and its one shared by other powers.
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