{"id":41853,"date":"2025-02-14T01:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/ancient-wisdom-in-modern-politics-the-relevance-of-classical-thinkers-on-power-and-might-in-global-affairs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:42:32","slug":"ancient-wisdom-in-modern-politics-the-relevance-of-classical-thinkers-on-power-and-might-in-global-affairs","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/ancient-wisdom-in-modern-politics-the-relevance-of-classical-thinkers-on-power-and-might-in-global-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Wisdom in Modern Politics: The Relevance of Classical Thinkers on Power and Might in Global Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>it has been argued that ancient and classical thinkers writing hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of years ago can tell us important things about the use of might and power in global politics today. Is this true? Is it still worth reading and understanding what these thinkers have to say? Why or why not? Answer these questions as best as you can using concrete examples<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Times New Roman or Garamond font, 12 point<\/li>\n<li>Normal margins<\/li>\n<li>5 page double-spaced maximum (including footnotes), no more than 5 pages <\/li>\n<li>Footnotes in the Chicago style<\/li>\n<li>To save space, you may use 10pt font for your footnotes, but no smaller than that. <\/li>\n<li>No bibliography is needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some readings:Thucydides, and Jeremy Mynott, The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013), Book I Sections 1-23 (pp. 3-16) &amp; 66-88 (pp. 39-53). \u2022 Taras Kuzio, \u201cImperial Nationalism as the Driver Behind Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine,\u201d Nations &amp; Nationalism Vol. 29 (2023), pp. 30-38Thucydides, and Jeremy Mynott, The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013), Book III Section 69-85 (pp. 206-216). Christopher Phillips, \u201cThe International and Regional Battle for Syria,\u201d in Raymond Hinnebusch &amp; Adhma Saouli (eds.), The War for Syria: Regional and International Dimensions of the Syrian Uprising (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 37-49.Richard Hartigan, \u201cFrancesco de Vitoria and Civilian Immunity,\u201d Political Theory Vol. 1 No. 1 (Feb 1973), pp. 79-91. \u2022 Henry Stimson, \u201cThe Decision to the Use the Atomic Bomb,\u201d Harper\u2019s Magazine (February 1947). Roger Boesche, \u201cAristotle\u2019s \u2018Science\u2019 of Tyranny,\u201d History of Political Thought Vol. 14 No. 1 (Spring 1993), pp. 1-25. \u2022 Sean Yom, \u201cHow Middle Eastern Monarchies Survived the Arab Spring,\u201d Washington Post\u2019s Monkey Cage (July 29, 2016). Available at: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2016\/07\/29\/the-emerging- monarchies-club-in-the-middle-east\/<br \/>Allan Bloom, The Republic of Plato (Basic Books, 1991), pp. 63-96. \u2022 Mark Kurlansky, \u201cA History of the \u201cBie Lie\u201d, from Plato to TikTok,\u201d Los Angeles Times (September 11, 2022). Available at: https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2022-09- 11\/the-big-lie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it has been argued that ancient and classical thinkers writing hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of years ago can tell us important things about the use of might and power in global politics today. Is this true? Is it still worth reading and understanding what these thinkers have to say? Why or why not? 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