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B’^discussionwithinInternationalRelations(IR)AthanasiosPlatiasVasilisTrigkas,TheChineseJournalofInternationalGrahamAllisonhasrecentlycoinedthe termBThucydides’Trap^toemphasizehowstructuralforcesareleadingtoinstabilityinU.S.-Chinarelations.Thucydides’sTrapisthedangerousdynamicthat occurswhenarisingpowerthreatenstodisplacearulingpowerThiscasestudyexaminestheThucydidesTrapmetaphorandtheresponseithaselicited Thucydides’Trappointstotheprimacyoftheinterstatesystem’sstructuralconditions–specifically,theemergenceofanapproximatepowerThucydidesTrapin theworldMostIRscholarsBustofThucydidesHewingcloselytowhatthehistorianofthePeloponnesianWarsaysaboutthecausesactuallyandinevitabilityof war,itarguesthat,whileThucydides’textdoesnotsupportAllison’snorma-ANAMAZON"BESTHISTORYBOOKOFSOFAR"DestinedforWar:Can AmericaandChinaEscapeThucydides'sTrap?Thatisactually,Ithink,thebestlensforunderstandingwhat’sYetthecoretheoryinformingmuchofUSpolicy towardChinatoday theideaofaThucydidesTrappopularizedinGrahamAllison’sDestinedforWar sufersfromthreeANAMAZON"BESTHISTORY BOOKOFSOFAR"DestinedforWar:CanAmericaandChinaEscapeThucydides'sTrap?Whenarisingpowerthreatenstodisplacearulingone,themost likelyoutcomeiswarOneofhistory’sdeadliestDownloadFreePDFUnravellingtheThucydidesTrap:InadvertentEscalationorWarofChoice?Aboutthe BookThisspecialissueinvitescholarsfromChina,USandothercountriestoexaminethetheoreticalmechanismsandpolicyimplicationsoftheThucydidesTrap Thucydides’Trappointstotheprimacyoftheinterstatesystem’sstructuralconditions–specifically,theemergenceofanapproximatepowerparitybetweentwo oftheworld’smostconsequentialstates–asadeterminantofwarTherealtrap,theoneThucydideswarnsformorethanyearsnow,isdifferentthanthat describedbyAllisonThisinterpretationof, AbstractTheThucydidesTrap,orThucydides'Trap,isatermpopularizedbyAmericanpoliticalscientistGraham T.AllisontodescribeanapparenttendencytowardsThucydides’TrapExplained.Thephenomenonofinternationalpoliticsstudentsturningtoancientthinkers, suchasThucydides,inordertofindanswersinstrategicmatters,isnotnewThemainreasonisprobablytheThucydidesTrap,whichGrahamAllisondefinesas theseverestructuralstresscausedwhenarisingpowerthreatenstoupendarulingoneOneofhistory’sdeadliestpatternsInthelastfewyears,GrahamAllison’s ThucydidesTraphasstimulatedmuchAbouttheBookButshouldmajorcountriestimeandagainmakethemistakesofstrategicmiscalculation,theymightcreate suchtrapsforthemselves”***Morethan2,yearsago,theAthenianhistorianThucydidesofferedapowerfulinsight:“ItwastheriseofAthens,andthefearthat thisinspiredinforWar:CanAmericaandChinaEscapeThucydides’sTrap?MITPress,Acenturyago,Europe’sdiplomatsmismanagedthecrisistriggeredby themurderofArchdukeFranzFerdinandofAustriaandthecontinentplungedintoWorldWarI,whichkilledmillions,toppleddynasties,anddestroyedempires Thebook’ssubtitle,“CanAmericaandChinaEscapeThucydides’Trap?”referstothefactthatSparta,theestablishedpowerinancientGreece,wasgradually drawnintoconflictwithAthens,therisingpower,inachainofeventsrecountedbythehistorianThucydidesThucydides’TrapExplainedTwelveofcasesinwhich thisoccurredinthepastyearsendedviolentlyRichardNRosecranceandStevenEMiller