The Thucydides Trap
US-China Relations & the Path to War
In his book Destined for War, the American political scientist Graham Allison uses the phrase the Thucydides Trap - referring to an hypothesis that when one great power menaces another, war is almost always inevitable - to frame his thesis that conflict between the US and China is assured.[1]
Not only do I take issue with the relevance and inaccuracy of …
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