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The Peloponnesian War began because a dominant Sparta confronted a rising Athens, not because particular individuals disliked each other.
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Rising Power
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"nation states So see history as maybe like these o cean waves You 're a great swim mer but you 're not going to..."
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"...know, they're on a decline. And I think that they're the rising powers like China, Russia, and Iran understand very well what they're up..."
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"...japan is the big question mark because traditionally you know a rising power a great power like china just kind of intuitively demands hegemony..."
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"was a hegemon, and Germany was the challenger, a rising power that threatened the economic imperial security of Britain. And that's what ultimately led..."
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"...Thucydides' formulation because Sparta was the hegemon and Athens was the rising power and Thucydides was wrong. Okay. And so let me explain why..."
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"...to corruption that led to conflict between the bourgeoisie the new rising powers and the nobility the"
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"...dollar. And basically now what has changed right now is a rising power has risen to close to military supremacy, financial supremacy. And technical..."
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"...is what's because Sparta is the hegemon and Athens is the rising power and therefore they were bound to clash okay that's not what..."
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"...naturally gravitate towards China because they see China as the next rising power and China has these 5,000 years of civilizational history. But you..."
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"...pope in Evonon who is supported by France, which is a rising power in Europe at this time, okay? So this causes people to..."
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"...make sense? Okay. So, while this is happening, Athens is the rising power in this world. And in 461 BCE, a new political leader..."
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