China’s leader raised the ancient Greek historian Thucydides when he met the US president in Beijing ...

In his opening remarks at his summit with Donald Trump on May 15, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, invoked the fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides to issue a veiled warning to the US ...

During their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. This phrase, ...

On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump ahead of their high-stakes meeting in Beijing that the major question that China and the U.S. will have to answer is whether they can ...

President Trump late Thursday invoked his predecessor in attempting to explain comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping as ...

It is no surprise that Beijing is now embracing this construct, hoping to shift the responsibility for stability and avoiding escalation onto Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a ...

This article is authored by Amit Ranjan Alok, doctoral candidate, Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

By Arnaud Bertrand in Switzerland I actually suspect that no-one seriously believes in the existence of the 'Thucydides trap' ...

Thucydides is on a roll these days. The ancient Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War, who lived almost 2,500 years ago, makes the title of Graham Allison’s prominent new volume, Destined for War: ...

In a Truth Social post following a high-profile meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, President Donald Trump said his Chinese counterpart had described the United States as a ...

The US and China have been rivals for almost 80 years, but when the countries' leaders met in Beijing on Thursday, Xi Jinping made reference to a far more ancient feud.

Thucydides’ ancient maxim that states act because of “fear, honor, and interest” holds true for the modern-day priorities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.