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							<title><![CDATA[Myth of the Thucydides Trap Is Convenient for China]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron MacLean</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Xi Jinping is fond of invoking the Thucydides Trap, an academic foreign policy concept about how war between established and rising powers is inevitable unless one gives way. There's a reason for that, writes Aaron MacLean.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Clock Is Ticking for Iran's New Leader]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron MacLean</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If I were advising the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d suggest that he avoid texting in coming days. Or really, any kind of personal tech'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'tablets, laptops, and so on. Also using the fridge'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'keep an eye out for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'smart'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' features]]></description>
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