Putting Thucydides Back into the “Thucydides Trap”

Alternatively quoting or denouncing Thucydides is becoming an integral part of U.S.-China discourse. Jared McKinney argues that we should look at what Thucydides actually had to say: power transitions do not make war inevitable, and other variables—such as contests for honor and competing alliance systems—matter just as much.

Jared McKinney Dual-degree Graduate Student via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1WOC7I5