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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan International Affairs Seminar Series presents Mich
 ael Desch. Why should we read the fifth century BC Greek historian Thucydi
 des’ chronicle of the great war between Athens and Sparta?&nbsp\; Thucydid
 es famously wrote his work “as a possession for all time” (I\, 22.4) and s
 tatesmen and thinkers since then have found great wisdom in his history.&n
 bsp\; Most recently\, Harvard Professor and former Defense Department offi
 cial Graham Allison held up the changing power relationship between Athens
  and Sparta as a model and cautionary tale concerning contemporary U.S.-Ch
 ina relations.&nbsp\; Are rising and falling great powers in danger of fal
 ling into a “Thucydides trap” of war or is this a misreading of Thucydides
 ’ history?Michael C. Desch is Packey J. Dee Professor of International Rel
 ations at the University of Notre Dame and Brian and Jeannelle Brady Famil
 y Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center. He served two 
 terms as chair of the Department of Political Science. He was also the fou
 nding Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and the
  first holder of the Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Se
 curity Decision-Making at the George Bush School of Government and Public 
 Service at Texas A&amp\;M University from 2004 through 2008. From 1993 thr
 ough 1998\, he was Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate at the
  Olin Institute.&nbsp\;He spent two years (1988-90) as a John M. Olin Post
 -doctoral Fellow in National Security at Harvard University's Olin Institu
 te for Strategic Studies\, among other positions. He received his B.A. (Wi
 th honors) in Political Science (1982) from Marquette University and his A
 .M. in International Relations (1984) and Ph.D. in Political Science (1988
 ) from the University of Chicago.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Thucydides and American Grand Strategy: War is an Option not a Trap
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan International Affairs Seminar 
 Series presents Michael Desch. Why should we read the fifth century BC Gre
 ek historian Thucydides’ chronicle of the great war between Athens and Spa
 rta?&nbsp\; Thucydides famously wrote his work “as a possession for all ti
 me” (I\, 22.4) and statesmen and thinkers since then have found great wisd
 om in his history.&nbsp\; Most recently\, Harvard Professor and former Def
 ense Department official Graham Allison held up the changing power relatio
 nship between Athens and Sparta as a model and cautionary tale concerning 
 contemporary U.S.-China relations.&nbsp\; Are rising and falling great pow
 ers in danger of falling into a “Thucydides trap” of war or is this a misr
 eading of Thucydides’ history?</p><p>Michael C. Desch is Packey J. Dee Pro
 fessor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and Bria
 n and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the Notre Dame International Secu
 rity Center. He served two terms as chair of the Department of Political S
 cience. He was also the founding Director of the Scowcroft Institute of In
 ternational Affairs and the first holder of the Robert M. Gates Chair in I
 ntelligence and National Security Decision-Making at the George Bush Schoo
 l of Government and Public Service at Texas A&amp\;M University from 2004 
 through 2008. From 1993 through 1998\, he was Assistant Director and Senio
 r Research Associate at the Olin Institute.&nbsp\;He spent two years (1988
 -90) as a John M. Olin Post-doctoral Fellow in National Security at Harvar
 d University's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies\, among other position
 s. He received his B.A. (With honors) in Political Science (1982) from Mar
 quette University and his A.M. in International Relations (1984) and Ph.D.
  in Political Science (1988) from the University of Chicago.&nbsp\;</p>
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