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Thucydides Trap

November 29, 2022
Japan, Quad 3.0, and the Thucydides Trap in the Indo-Pacific
By Daisuke Akimoto
The Thucydides trap cannot be overlooked in considering Japan’s national security strategy in conjunction with the Quad as well as the Japan-U.S. alliance.

September 12, 2022
Will India and China Escape the Thucydides’ Trap?
By Jagannath Panda
A Taiwan Strait conflict could also spark a Sino-Indian war in the Himalayas.

June 11, 2020
For the US and China, Thucydides’ Trap Is Closing
By Kevin Brown
Intertwined domestic crises are adding pressure for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seek out confrontation.

March 04, 2020
China and the Mediterranean: Geostrategic Context and Contest
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Barry Strauss.

July 27, 2019
A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China
By Danny Quah
Have Southeast Asia, the United States, and China shifted to a new model of power relations?

October 31, 2018
Thucydides and US Politics Revisited
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Greek historian’s lessons for contemporary politics are not as straightforward as some commentators suggest.

March 07, 2018
How to Avoid the Thucydides Trap: The Missing Piece
By Francis P. Sempa
A recent volume gets the limits of U.S. power right, but doesn’t spend enough time on the limits of diplomacy and accommodation.

August 28, 2017
Hey Policy Wonks, This Is How You Should Read Thucydides
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Authors like Thucydides require careful reading and musing to get to the core of their arguments.

August 11, 2017
Thucydides’ Ignored Lesson
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Forget quick victories; great power wars are usually determined by protracted attrition warfare.

July 29, 2017
Graham Allison on the 'Thucydides Trap'
By Shannon Tiezzi
“If leaders just keep doing what they have been doing... the odds that they stumble to war seem to me greater than even.”

June 19, 2017
The 'Silver Way': An Alternative to 'Thucydides Trap'
By Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales
Graham Allison's famous formula overlooks a crucial historical example: a rising Spain meeting a powerful China.

December 05, 2016
US-China Relations: Public Diplomacy and Soft Power
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch.
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