This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. (0:00) Besties welcome national security expert Graham Allison to AIS! (1:32) “Thucydides trap” defined (4:00) China v. USA: “The fiercest rivalry the world has ever seen” (6:09) Strategic imagination (7:40) The rise of China (12:16) America’s “period of great hubris” (15:08) A history quiz for citizens of the “United States of Amnesia” (17:10) India (22:53) The weaknesses of autocracies (28:00) Monroe Doctrine, American exceptionalism, and unnecessary wars (33:44) “We live in an extremely dangerous world” (35:50) America’s lack of preparedness for a “hot war” with China Follow Graham: https://twitter.com/GrahamTAllison Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Relevant links: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/graham-allison https://foreignpolicy.com/author/graham-allison/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/graham-allison https://www.amazon.com/Destined-War-America-Escape-Thucydidess-ebook/dp/B01IAS9FZY