During their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. This phrase, ...

The world has come to another crossroads,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the two leaders began their summit in Beijing. Then Xi asked: “Can China and ...

The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease. Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and “panic”!) have become part of our daily ...

The “Thucydides trap” is an idea popularised by Harvard scholar Graham Allison, who quoted ancient Greek historian Thucydides’ description of the Peloponnesian War as an inevitable clash between ...

May 2026 in Beijing referred to the Thucydides Trap, a metaphor that refers to the inherent tensions and perils when an ...