The Thucydides trap and the decline of US imperialism (opens in new tab)
On the first day of talks during US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to China, his host China’s Xi Jinping invoked the so-called “Thucydides trap” to warn against any war beween the two superpowers that now dominate the world economic and political landscape. Xi was referring to the fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides whoContinue reading "The Thucydides trap and the decline of US imperialism"
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