By Albert Wolf, Modern War Institute: “The theoretical underpinnings of Thucydides’s Trap are problematic. Given the calamitous consequences of a rivalry or war between the United States and China, an assessment of the relationship between Washington and Beijing should not be limited to security dilemma theory.”
By Michael Vlahos, The American Conservative: “How do you turn a metaphor into an axiom? Try: “Strategist appropriation.” When writing on politics and war, this means lardering your first few graphs with maxims from so-called “masters of war,” preferably Sun Tzu or Clausewitz. Their unassailable wisdom gives your argument the burnish of authority.”