"Sparta and Athens were leading very different military alliances. Sparta was a benevolent hegermon (i.e. leader in Greek) with the The Peloponnesian League, at the image of the US with its NATO allies until recently. To the contrary, Athens was acting as an imperialistic power (arche) with its own alliance, the Delian League, like the USSR within the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. History shows that when a benevolent hegemon is turning into an arche, the alliance doesn't last. Moreover, behind the rise of any imperialistic power, there are complacent, passive, allies. That should be a warning sign for European countries."

Link to the article: Vai ASV ir nākamā Sparta? (in Latvian)