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political theory

[puh-lit-ik-uhl theer-ee] / pəˈlɪt ɪk əl ˈθɪər i /


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Trump also responded to a comment by Xi referring to the "Thucydides Trap," a political theory that war becomes more likely when a rising new power competes with an established great power.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

This is the sort of observation that makes Ms. Ypi, a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, unpopular with many present-day Albanians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

I base this not on any grand political theory but on how many times I stood next to members of Congress at urinals at DCA during my years living in D.C.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2025

Carl Schmitt, a German legal scholar, was a supporter of the Nazi Party who sought to justify Hitler's policies in his writings on legal and political theory.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

The development of his political theory is characteristic of his whole enigmatic mental nature.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles




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