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Thucydides Trap

/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz tɹæp/

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What does Thucydides Trap mean?

noun

  1. An apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as a regional or international hegemon.

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/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz tɹæp/

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