JOSE V. ROMERO JR., PHD.
ACCORDING to the theory of the Thucydides Trap, a rising Sparta and declining Athens led to war. Applying this to the superpower rivalry between China and the US, the doomsayers say that a fast-rising China which is touted to overtake the US, at least economically, by 2028, will inevitably lead to a pre-emptive strike by either the US or China.