27 May 2020
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- US-China Competition: It’s the Economy, Thucydides
US-China Competition: It’s the Economy, Thucydides
Graham Allison’s “Thucydides trap” thesis has to be modified from military warfare to an economic paradigm where the levers of capitalism count more. In this regard, write Christopher H. Lim and Victor R. Savage of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the trap is not a trigger for war but only the pre-condition for hegemonic conflict.
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Last updated on 29/05/2020
