Can the United States and China escape Thucydides Trap? Athens is in the Attica region of Greece, Sparta lies some 200 kilometres south west of Athens on the Peloponnese Peninsula. Unlike Sparta, Athens was a limited democracy and a much more relaxed and open society. He documents the process by which this may happen in his book "Destined for War – Can America and China Escape Thucydides Trap? As China's power increases relative to the United States, the two super powers begin to look like modern versions of Athens and Sparta – let us all hope that they can avoid Thucydides Trap.

Source: Stuff December 06, 2017 23:15 UTC