Thucydides – The Liberal Globe

Trump’s attempt to swap Taiwan for Iran with China failed

May 21, 2026

The main visible result of Trump’s visit to China is that the US president spent almost nine hours with the Chinese leader – a…

How to win your battles – Thucydides

May 8, 2025

The Peloponnesian War was the greatest disaster that struck all the city-states of ancient Greece. Athens was defeated and conquered by the Peloponnesians, but…

Modern Thucydides Rome, Emperor Trump and Consul Vance

March 6, 2025

A lot of “ink” – which we would call another era – was consumed to describe and analyze the conflict between Trump and Zelensky…

Vladimir Putin, the Thucydides School and History

December 26, 2024

One of the unfortunate realities of the American foreign policy debate is that few American citizens pay much attention to what the elites are…

The Full Metal Jacket……. Power for The Nations of The Planet

July 16, 2020

Since antiquity, Thucydides (400BC – 460BC), the Athenian historian and general but also “father” of the study of history, through his work recounting “The…