The power of the less power starts with honesty. It seems that every day we're reminded that We live in an era of great power rivalry, that the rules based order is fading. that the strong can do what they can and the weak must suffer what they must. And this aphorism of Thucydides is presented as inevitable as the natural logic of international relations reasserting itself. (03:07–03:15)
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Asserts that the current era is characterized by great power rivalry and a fading rules-based order.
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