LONDON, Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides in his opening address to a May 15 summit with Donald Trump to issue a veiled warning to the US president. Xi Jinping warns Trump not to fall into ‘Thucydides Trap’ – what ancient Greece can tell us about US-China relations The world has … Read more
For those unfamiliar, there’s a website called Jmail that has repurposed Jeffrey Epstein’s emails into a Gmail format, so it appears that one is actually browsing the late paedophile’s inbox. It is a treasure trove of nonsensical information which showed just how deeply entrenched a former high school teacher with no formal graduation degree had … Read more
Be the President of China Xi Jinping When meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, one word unexpectedly dominated the strategic discussion between the world’s two greatest powers: “Thucydides’ Trap.”Xi Jinping said in his opening speech: “Can China and the United States transcend the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new normal in … Read more
The Peloponnesian War lasted from 431 BC to 404 BC and was one of the most decisive conflicts in ancient Greek history. The war saw Athens and Sparta and their respective allies engage in a protracted war that not only redefined the Greek world, but in ways that went far beyond the scope of actual … Read more