China, the US and the Thucydides Trap
As the G20 summit approaches, the dynamics of the relations between China and the US has once again dominated news headlines. The latest debate is whether the two sides are going to fall into the Thucydides Trap, which takes its name from the war between Sparta and Athens during the rise of the Athenian power. It refers to an emerging power stoking fear in an established power that could eventually escalate to war between the two. This is certainly not what China wants to see for its future with the US. B
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