What is 'Thucydides trap,' mentioned during Trump-Xi meeting? [View all]
On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump ahead of their high-stakes meeting in Beijing that the major question that China and the U.S. will have to answer is whether they can avoid the “Thucydides Trap.”
Xi asked if both countries can overcome the “Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major country relations?” according to CNBC, citing the Chinese-based outlet CCTV. The Chinese president has used the term as far back as 2014, Bloomberg reported.
Xi also warned Trump about tensions between both countries over Taiwan, arguing that “‘Taiwan independence’ and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning wrote on the social platform X.
The concept of a “Thucydides Trap,” popularized in the early 2010s by Harvard University political scientist Graham Allison, borrows the name of ancient Athenian historian Thucydides. Allison’s concept postulates that the threat of war exists when tensions escalate between a rising power and a ruling power before ultimately leading to conflict.
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A woosh sound came from Trump's vicinity when Xi said that.
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