PENG ER Lam <br/><br/>
China, the United States, alliances and war :   avoiding the thucydides trap?/ 
Lam Peng Er 
 -  2016 
<br/><br/> This article examines the discourse of the Thucydides Trap (TT) and its advent in the United States.  Following that is an analysis of China's responsed to the TT and attempts to diffuse this discourse.  The article then assesses the lukewarm American response to Chinese overtures to avoid the TT.  The next section is a survey of Japan and the Philippines. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CHINA -- POWER TRANSITION -- WAR