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The Thucydides trap – how the Greek historian’s meaning was lost in translation

Letters: Tim Rood and Phil Coughlin on Xi Jinping’s reference to the Thucydides trap in a meeting with Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

Xi warned Trump against the ‘Thucydides Trap’ – here’s what ancient Greece can tell us about US-China relations

In his opening remarks at his summit with Donald Trump on May 15, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, invoked the fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides to issue a veiled warning to the US president.

The Conversation

What is the 'Thucydides Trap' that Xi invoked in his meeting with Trump?

Xi Jinping opened his Beijing summit with Trump by asking whether the two powers could avoid the "Thucydides Trap" — then warned that mishandling Taiwan could lead to war.

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What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta

During their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”.

The Conversation

Trump in China: US and China are unlikely to fall into the Thucydides Trap, but history has another warning

And that’s the trap that ‘Philosopher King’ Xi Jinping wants to avoid when coming up against Don Tzu, but who is Thucydides anyway? What trap did he lay? And will the US and China go to war?

The Times of India

What is the ‘Thucydides Trap’? Why Xi Jinping brought it up during talks with Donald Trump in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the "Thucydides Trap" during talks with US President Donald Trump, highlighting concerns that the rising power's growth could lead to conflict with the established dominant power. This theory, popularized by Graham Allison, suggests structural tensions make war more likely, a concept now central to global…

The Times of India

An ancient warning hangs over the Trump-Xi summit bonhomie

Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the "Thucydides trap" at his summit with US President Donald Trump, highlighting the risk of war between a rising and established superpower. The meeting aimed to manage escalating tensions amid trade disputes, Taiwan's status, and technological rivalry, acknowledging that competition must be controlled to avoid…

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War or peace: US, China are stuck in Thucydides trap - can they find a way out?

NEW DELHI: What turns rivalry into war? History suggests it is rarely ideology or ambition alone. More often, it is fear, miscalculation and the inability of old systems to manage new power equations.

The Times of India

US-China Trade Deal Could Be Finalized Next Week, Says Harvard Scholar: 'They Are Going To Stabilize This'

A Harvard scholar has suggested that the United States and China are on the verge of finalizing a trade deal, with the potential for an agreement as soon as next week.

Benzinga

The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US … or a load of old claptrap?

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 rivalry between the United States and China.

The Conversation

Trump: The Name On Everyone's Lips At Davos

Surrounded by snowy mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the world's rich and powerful rub shoulders at Davos, with only one man dominating their chats: US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Polls say Trump has a strong chance of winning again in 2024. So how might his second term reshape the US government?

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a zealous convert to Donald Trump’s cause, once offered an expansive vision of how Trump should rule in a second term: “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”

The Conversation

Former Google CEO: How The US Can Offset Semiconductor Dependency, Bolster National Security

Reliance on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE: TSM), which manufactures 92% of the world's all advanced chips, puts the national security of the U.S. at risk, according to Eric Schmidt, former chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc.

Benzinga

Greek lessons for ASEAN nations

As global superpowers tussle for supremacy, smaller nations need to be nimble to avoid being crushed.

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David Pratt: The perils of Russia's changing war in Ukraine

‘A SLICE of intensified history.” The words of John Reed, the great American journalist and socialist activist used to describe his eyewitness…

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