This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome national security expert Graham Allison to AIS!
(1:32) “Thucydides trap” defined
(4:00) China v. USA: “The fiercest rivalry the world has ever seen”
(6:09) Strategic imagination
(7:40) The rise of China
(12:16) America’s “period of great hubris”
(15:08) A history quiz for citizens of the “United States of Amnesia”
(17:10) India
(22:53) The weaknesses of autocracies
(28:00) Monroe Doctrine, American exceptionalism, and unnecessary wars
(33:44) “We live in an extremely dangerous world”
(35:50) America’s lack of preparedness for a “hot war” with China
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Relevant links:
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/graham-allison
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/graham-allison/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/graham-allison
https://www.amazon.com/Destined-War-America-Escape-Thucydidess-ebook/dp/B01IAS9FZY
