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The "trap" refers to the dangerous structural stress that occurs when a (China) threatens to displace a ruling power (the United States).

: Both nations suffer from "extreme superiority complexes," viewing themselves as exceptional and peerless. Book Summary: Destined for War by Graham Allison Destined for War: Can America and China Escape ...

In his influential 2017 book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? , Harvard scholar Graham Allison warns that the United States and China are on a collision course. While he stresses that , he argues that historical structural forces make it much more likely than most leaders acknowledge. The Core Concept: Thucydides’s Trap The "trap" refers to the dangerous structural stress