Destined for War
by Graham Allison
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Allison revives Thucydides's Trap: war between a rising and ruling power is historically the norm, not the exception. He applies this lens to the US-China rivalry.
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It draws on Guns, Germs, and Steel.
It’s picked up by The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs.
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Allison references Diamond's analysis of geopolitical forces.
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Supplies a historical counterweight to Allison's Destined for War: the Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry was an earlier power-transition contest that structured European statecraft for centuries
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