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Dr. Graham Allison, author of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap,” delivers a lecture to Special Operations Command personnel at the Joint Special Operations University on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017. The lecture provided an opportunity for the audience to learn about historic outcomes from rising world powers conflicting with ruling ones, such as the results of the ancient greek Peloponnesian War. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barry Loo)
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Dr. Graham Allison, author of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap,” delivers a lecture to Special Operations Command personnel at the Joint Special Operations University on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017. The lecture provided an opportunity for the audience to learn about historic outcomes from rising world powers conflicting with ruling ones, such as the results of the ancient greek Peloponnesian War. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barry Loo)
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U.S. Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, commander of Special Operations Command, attends a lecture given by Dr. Graham Allison, author of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap,” at the Joint Special Operations University on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017. The lecture provided an opportunity for the audience to learn about historic outcomes from rising world powers conflicting with ruling ones, such as the results of the ancient greek Peloponnesian War. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barry Loo)
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Dr. Graham Allison, author of “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap,” delivers a lecture to Special Operations Command personnel at the Joint Special Operations University on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017. The lecture provided an opportunity for the audience to learn about historic outcomes from rising world powers conflicting with ruling ones, such as the results of the ancient greek Peloponnesian War. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barry Loo)