Source: China – South China Morning PostIn the shadow of escalating tensions between the United States and China, Graham Allison’s concept of the Thucydides Trap has become a staple of geopolitical discourse. Coined by the Harvard scholar, the term evokes the ancient Greek historian Thucydides’ observation that “it was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable”.
Allison’s study of 16 historical cases, where a rising power challenged a ruling one, found war in 12 instances. He warns that…Read More