![]() ![]() ![]() But conflicts between city-states in a backwater Eurasian promontory 2,400 years ago are an unreliable guide to modern geopolitics-and they neglect a vast span of world history that may be far more relevant. When it comes to ancient Greece and the U.S.-China relationship, the most prominent comparison is the “ Thucydides Trap,” made famous by the political scientist Graham Allison, which uses the relationship between Athens and Sparta to draw an analogy between a rising China and the threat felt by the United States today. The Peloponnesian War mesmerizes strategists and international relations scholars. ![]() Like Hewitt, Trump’s advisors are reportedly obsessed with ancient Greece, but they aren’t alone. Do we not have to change how we approach defense spending to put more emphasis on our naval resources than on our Army resources?” Hewitt asked Pompeo. And as like Sparta, China is a land power. “But we are, like Athens was, a naval power. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a major speech at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on the U.S.-China relationship, so naturally one of the first questions, from the president of the Nixon Foundation, Hugh Hewitt, referred to ancient Greece. ![]()
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