The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US … or a load of old claptrap?
- Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in 1888. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating...