Patrick O'Brien Boling @PatrickOBoling

I believe in lots of free stuff: individual freedom, financial freedom, free thought, free speech, free freedom though freedom is not free and don't I know it. Louisiana Joined March 2018

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Avoid the Thucydides Trap — Let's do the Thucydides Dance. With Xi Jinping directly referencing the Thucydides Trap in talks with President Trump this week, fresh strategic thinking on U.S.-China relations is more relevant than ever. In "Leveraging Flexible Partnerships and the Thucydides Dance" (Military Review, July-August 2025), Lt. Col. Patrick O. Boling & Paul R. Sanders argue against rigid bloc-building that drives nations toward China. Instead, advocate flexible, issue-based partnerships, strategic ambiguity where useful, mutual benefit, and realistic positioning in the Indo-Pacific. Draw on Sun Tzu, realism, and history: maintain strength without exhaustion or forcing false choices on partners like India and others. Better to dance than fall into the trap. Full article: armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Milit… Essential reading for anyone serious about great-power competition in 2026. Flexible partnerships > inevitable conflict. #ThucydidesTrap #USChina #IndoPacific #GrandStrategy

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Avoid the Thucydides Trap — Let's Dance. With Xi Jinping directly referencing the Thucydides Trap in talks with President Trump this week, fresh strategic thinking on U.S.-China relations is more relevant than ever. In "Leveraging Flexible Partnerships and the Thucydides Dance" (Military Review, July-August 2025), Lt. Col. Patrick O. Boling & Paul R. Sanders argue against rigid bloc-building that drives nations toward China. Instead, advocate flexible, issue-based partnerships, strategic ambiguity where useful, mutual benefit, and realistic positioning in the Indo-Pacific. Draw on Sun Tzu, realism, and history: maintain strength without exhaustion or forcing false choices on partners like India and others. Better to dance than fall into the trap. Full article: armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Milit… Essential reading for anyone serious about great-power competition in 2026. Flexible partnerships > inevitable conflict. #ThucydidesTrap #USChina #IndoPacific #GrandStrategy