Beyond the Thucydides Trap
A Life-Coherent Civilizational Framework for Great-Power Rivalry, Strategic Stability, and Planetary Repair | From Fear-Based Order to Relational Security in the U.S.–China CenturyBy Dr Bichara Sahely
Length2h 2m
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Beyond the Thucydides Trap reframes the U.S.–China rivalry as more than a contest between a rising and an established power. It argues that the deeper danger is a life-blind security paradigm in which nations seek safety through the insecurity of others. Using Taiwan, technology, energy, deterrence, strategic stability, and planetary crisis as stress tests, the paper asks what must be discerned and repaired before fear becomes fate. It proposes a life-coherent framework for strategic stability grounded in crisis non-escalation, Taiwan life-protection, civil commons resilience, technology under life-protective constraint, and planetary repair diplomacy. Its central claim is that the highest realism is no longer domination, but viability: security remains legitimate only when it remains answerable to life.
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GenrePolitics and Government
Length2 hrs 2 mins
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Publish dateMay 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
2Overview for Listeners
3Preface
4Acknowledgements
51. Introduction. A Warning at the Edge of History
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62. The Thucydides Trap as Diagnosis, Not Destiny
73. The Deeper Trap: Life-Blind Security
84. The Civilizational Stress Test
9Constraint
10Margin
11State
12Disturbance
13Perception
14Regulation
15Options
165. Necessary Distinctions for Discernment
17Warning Is Not Destiny
18Strategic Stability Is Not Peace
19Peer Recognition Is Not Permission for Domination
20Taiwan Is Not a Trigger; Taiwan Is a Living Society
21Interdependence Is Not Life-Coherent When It Becomes Hostage-Dependence
22Deterrence May Prevent War, but It Cannot Heal Fear
23Technology Supremacy Is Not Civilizational Progress
24National Interest Is Not Ultimate
256. What Must Be Repaired. Toward Life-Coherent Strategic Stability
26Pillar One: Crisis Non-Escalation
27Pillar Two: Taiwan Life-Protection
28Pillar Three: Civil Commons Resilience
29Pillar Four: Technology Under Life-Protective Constraint
30Pillar Five: Planetary Repair Diplomacy
317. From Strategic Realism to Life-Coherent Realism
328. A Life-Coherent Architecture for Great-Power Repair
33The Design Principle: Security Must Remain Answerable to Life
34The Architecture of Repair
35From Guardrails to Regenerative Regulation
36The Practical Test
379. Institutional Pathways for Life-Coherent Repair
38Track-One Diplomatic Repair
39Military-to-Military Risk Reduction
40Track-Two and Track-1.5 Civilizational Dialogue
41Regional Life-Protection Forums
42Civil Commons Compacts
43Technology Governance Pathways
44Planetary Repair Benchmarks
45Public Narrative Repair
46From Institution to Practice
4710. Conclusion
48From Trap to Metanoia
49A Final Listener’s Guide
50Author Bio
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