India, May 14 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the controversial "Thucydides Trap" theory during his crucial meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday, using the concept to ...

When the leaders of the world's two largest economies met in Beijing on Thursday, the opening subject was not Taiwan, trade or the war in the Middle East. It was a conflict that ended more than two ...

Most current affairs vocabulary expires within a decade. The Thucydides Trap is the rare phrase that has gone the other way. Coined in a 2012 Financial Times opinion piece, it has now been quoted by ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for making the United States "a nation in decline" after Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked the name of an ancient Greek general ...

The reference came as Xi called for the US and China to keep their competition “within bounds” and urged the two countries' militaries to maintain regular dialogue and improve mechanisms for crisis ...

In his public comments Thursday, China's Xi Jinping made some headlines by saying he hoped his nation and the US could avoid what's known as the "Thucydides Trap." It's the idea that a rising ...

During their May 2026 summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping challenged President Donald Trump with a warning of the “Thucydides trap.” While American leaders can learn much from the ancient ...

How do you turn a metaphor into an axiom? Try: “Strategist appropriation.” When writing on politics and war, this means lardering your first few graphs with maxims from so-called “masters of war,” ...

According to this rather simple idea wrapped in a fancy-sounding Greek name, war becomes likely when a rising power ...

During Donald Trump’s embarrassing trip to China, China’s Secretary General Xi Jinping made a speech, in which he said, “We must not be caught in the Thucydides Trap”. It’s notable in that it places ...

Geopolitical tension looms over American politics, as was evident in last month’s debate when Kamala Harris claimed her rival “sold us out” to China. Though election rhetoric has heightened these ...