Thucydides’s Trap originated in ancient Greece, but was repeated over and over again in the likes of Revolutionary France challenged Britain’s dominance of the oceans, which led to Napoleon’s defeat. In Post World War II Russia flexed its muscles against Eastern Europe leading to 50 YEARS of Cold War. 

Each war had its unique circumstances, but all involved saber rattling by the rising power. The China Trap project will capture the period from the end of the Cold War in 1989 to China-U.S. policies today, and expose the inevitable clash unless cooler heads prevail.