关键词: 修昔底德陷阱, 中美关系, 新型大国关系

Abstract: By studying the history carefully, we find that the reason why the two cities of Athens and Sparta fell into the “Thucydides Trap” in Peloponnesian war was not because of the Sparta’s fear induced by growing Athenian power, but mainly because the core interests of Sparta was challenged by Athens. Therefore, whether the core interests of the rising power or the predominant power is threatened or not is the primary cause of the war. Western people generally consider that the rising China and the United States will be doomed to fall into “Thucydides Trap” like Athens and Sparta. In fact, it is wrong to generalize the competition relationship between China and America in the era of globalization. Whether or not the United States respects the core interests of China is the key factor that decides whether the two countries will fall into a “Thucydides Trap” or not. To construct a new model of Sino-US relations, both sides should control and handle existing differences and disparities properly, play down the ideological conflict, and China’s core interests should be respected by America as well. Also, cooperation in all fields is needed to be carried out with the United Nations as the core, which is a great strategy to avoid the “Thucydides Trap” between America and China.

Key words: Thucydides Trap, Sino-US, new model of Sino-US relations