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The Thucydides Trap

John Yoo joins to discuss the historical analogies that define hegemonic conflict. Are we repeating the mistakes of Athens and Sparta, or simply misinterpreting human nature?

I welcome John Yoo of the University of Texas at Austin and Berkeley Law School, writing most recently at Civitas Outlook, to acquaint us with why it is that the Thucydides Trap is routinely cited as an example of the contest between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.

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