Cooperation based on Belt and Road can overcome risk of war between China, US
2017-07-04 07:41:59 source：Global Times
July 3, 2017
The Thucydides Trap theory created by Professor Graham Allison from Harvard University has been making headlines during the past five years, particularly since the recent release of his book Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides Trap?
Based on the ancient Greek historian Thucydides' famous statement, "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable," Allison has selected and analyzed 16 cases of rising powers mostly in Western history challenging the established powers. He finds that 12 out of the 16 cases resulted in war.
Based on his study of these cases, he predicts that the competition between the US, an established superpower, and China, a global rising power, will, in most likelihood, result in war if effective preventive measures are not taken by both sides.
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