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Thebes treated Philip well because it underestimated Macedon and assumed the major powers were Sparta, Athens, and Thebes, just as people today might dismiss North Korea against China and Japan.
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Underestimation
A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
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A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
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"Okay? And next class, we will discuss this. All right? So does it make sense to you? Okay? And again, what we will understand..."
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"Do you understand? Everyone thinks in East Asia, the major powers are China and Japan. And everyone thinks North Korea is a complete joke...."
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"...the U.S., if the Trump administration only optically succeeds, from my underestimation, China isn't really interested in optics. They're interested in actually doing business..."
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A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
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Greek culture did not spread because everyone recognized its beauty.
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