Jakarta, taixiusunwin Indonesia
–
President
Prabowo Subianto
offending the doctrine of Thucydides while giving speeches in the 80th General Session Session Session of the United Nations General Assembly (
UN
) at the UN headquarters, New York, Tuesday (9/23) local time.
According to Prabowo, the United Nations (UN) was formed, because one of them was to reject such doctrines.
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“Thucydides warns: the strong can do as they want, while the weak must suffer”, we must reject this doctrine.The UN is there to reject this doctrine.We must defend all, strong and weak.It is true that it is true, not because it can be called so, but it is like that, “Prabowo said during a speech in a ‘thunderous’ style.
Who is thucydides?
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From the Faculty of International Relations University of Bina Nusantara (Binus) explained, Thucydides was born 460 BC and died 395 BC).
He is a Greek historian and writer of Alimos, an area in the Greek territory.As historians, he wrote a number of books that until now became a reference.
One of them, the history of the Peloponnesia War (The History of Peloponnesian War) tells the 5th century war before the AD between Sparta and Athens.
Through his book, Thucydides has been nicknamed the father of “scientific history”, because of the strict standards of evidence of the collection and analysis in terms of cause and effect without referring to the intervention by the gods, such as other historical books from the same era.
He is also referred to as the father of the school of political realism, who views the relationship between the nation is more based on power than truth.
His book The History of Peloponnesian War has now become a textbook in military universities.Another book titled The Melian Dialogue is a reference book in international relations theory, especially realism.
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Thucydides provides four categories regarding realism.
First, human nature is the starting point for realism in international relations.Realist seeing humans as the basis of selfish and selfish as far as personal interests overcome moral principles.
Second, realists generally believe that no government and the conditions of international relations are always in anarchist conditions.
Third, because international relations are always in anarchist conditions, to achieve security, the state seeks to increase their power and be involved in the balance of power for the purpose of blocking potential aggressors.This war was launched to prevent participating countries from becoming stronger military
Fourth, realists are generally skeptical about the relevance of morality in international politics.This causes them to claim that there is no place for morality in international relations.If there is a tension between the demands of morality and the completion of immoral political actions, the state may act according to their own morality that is different from the morality that is generally adopted.
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Bristol University
Explain, for historians, it is an important source for the history of ancient Greece.Thucydides is also seen as a model for the writing of history in general, but for political theorist experts, he is a pioneering political theory expert, and the originator of the ‘realist’ approach to understanding political life.
Although as an ancient historian, its influence is still strong.In fact, the first Gulf War led by George Bush took this doctrine as said by Professor Morley who taught at Bristol.
“Thucydides has so far been the most prominent and significant classic influence on contemporary political debate, especially regarding international relations and democracy. He was cited, especially in the United States, around the first bay war and after 9/11, and, with newer tensions in the Middle East, back to emerged.
Four categories of Thucydides Realism
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