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
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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) & 66-88 (pp. 39-53). • Taras Kuzio, “Imperial Nationalism as the Driver Behind Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,” Nations & 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, “The International and Regional Battle for Syria,” in Raymond Hinnebusch & Adhma Saouli (eds.), The War for Syria: Regional and International Dimensions of the Syrian Uprising (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 37-49.Richard Hartigan, “Francesco de Vitoria and Civilian Immunity,” Political Theory Vol. 1 No. 1 (Feb 1973), pp. 79-91. • Henry Stimson, “The Decision to the Use the Atomic Bomb,” Harper’s Magazine (February 1947). Roger Boesche, “Aristotle’s ‘Science’ of Tyranny,” History of Political Thought Vol. 14 No. 1 (Spring 1993), pp. 1-25. • Sean Yom, “How Middle Eastern Monarchies Survived the Arab Spring,” Washington Post’s 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/
Allan Bloom, The Republic of Plato (Basic Books, 1991), pp. 63-96. • Mark Kurlansky, “A History of the “Bie Lie”, from Plato to TikTok,” Los Angeles Times (September 11, 2022). Available at: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09- 11/the-big-lie