The concept of the "long peace," originally defined by historian John Lewis Gaddis to describe the absence of major power wars after World War II, is re-examined. The author argues that China's peaceful rise since 1978 represents a more significant and sustained period of peace, contrasting it with historical cycles of conflict in China and the near-misses of World War III during the Cold War. The continuation of this "third long peace" between China and the United States is presented as crucial for global stability, especially in light of recent diplomatic shifts. AI
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- China
- China Forum
- Donald Trump
- John Lewis Gaddis
- Korean War
- Napoleonic Wars
- NATO
- People's Republic of China
- Richard Nixon
- Sino-Indian War
- Sino-Vietnamese War
- South China Sea
- Soviet Union
- The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War
- Tsinghua University
- United States
- World War I
- World War II
- Zhou Bo
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