Very senior Turnbull ministers talk of the ‘Thucydides trap’, the risk that countries allow themselves to be manipulated into war.  Could they be referring to the risk of Japan drawing us, together with the US and China, into war.  If ministers were seriously worried about this prospect it didn’t seem to influence the Defence White … Continue reading John Menadue.  The Defence White Paper and the China threat The Thucydides trap – do not allow yourself to be manipulated into war.… Continue reading »