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Angus King: “Graham Allison, from Harvard, called it the 'Thucydides Trap,' wherein 12 of 16 instances in world history where you had…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
Graham Allison, from Harvard, called it the 'Thucydides Trap,' wherein 12 of 16 instances in world history where you had a rapidly rising power confronting an established power ended in war.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King references historical patterns of conflict between rising and established powers.

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