Thucydides' account of the Athenian plague offers harrowing insight into human behavior during crises.

Historians have debated whether Thucydides traps are inevitable when a rising power challenges a dominant one.

Many policymakers worry that missteps could draw nations into the Thucydides trap, where rivalry between a rising and an established power spirals into war.

Many scholars warn that the Thucydides Trap could push rising and established powers toward unintended war.

Her Thucydidesian analysis of the Peloponnesian War emphasized the role of fear and interest in state behavior.