# Can the US and China escape the 'Thucydides Trap'?

https://mins.news/en/video/73363

- DW News, 2026-09-25 03:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGhnMV7_VtA

> Xi Jinping says the United States and China can avoid the “Thucydides Trap,” the idea that rivalry between a rising power and an established one often ends in war. Analyst Kelly Grieco considers whether the theory is a useful warning for today’s US-China relationship or an oversimplification of a more complex reality.

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