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World War I
![Democratic Ideas and Reality at 100: The Heartland of Asia Democratic Ideas and Reality at 100: The Heartland of Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-democratic-ideas-and-reality-at-100-the-heartland-of-asia-800px-pieni_1_0017.jpg)
Democratic Ideas and Reality at 100: The Heartland of Asia
By Francis P. Sempa
As the 100th anniversary of Sir Halford Mackinder’s pivotal work approaches, a look at how it remains as prescient as ever.
![Why Didn’t China Honor Its World War I Dead? Why Didn’t China Honor Its World War I Dead?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-chinese_labour_corps.jpg)
Why Didn’t China Honor Its World War I Dead?
By Bonnie Girard
Skipping the Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris was a missed opportunity for Xi Jinping.
![100 Years on From World War I: Lessons on Great Power Competition in East Asia 100 Years on From World War I: Lessons on Great Power Competition in East Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-100-years-on-from-world-war-i-lessons-on-great-power-competition-in-east-asia-bundesarchiv_bild_134-c1299_tsingtau_vorderste_deutsche_frontlinie.jpg)
100 Years on From World War I: Lessons on Great Power Competition in East Asia
By Robert Farley
It's best to avoid repeating the mistakes made in the past.
![Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-photoww1-01bbjapisemq.jpg)
Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War
By Robert Farley
What drove the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I?
![‘The Nonsense of Witnessing Such Beauty’: Malinowski’s Tryst with Sri Lanka ‘The Nonsense of Witnessing Such Beauty’: Malinowski’s Tryst with Sri Lanka](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1024px-anuradhapura_01.jpg)
‘The Nonsense of Witnessing Such Beauty’: Malinowski’s Tryst with Sri Lanka
By Krzysztof Iwanek
The great ethnographer’s little-known adventures on the way to the Pacific.
![The Indian Cavalry’s Charge on an Israeli City And Its Usefulness Now The Indian Cavalry’s Charge on an Israeli City And Its Usefulness Now](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-three-statue-roundabout.jpg)
The Indian Cavalry’s Charge on an Israeli City And Its Usefulness Now
By Krzysztof Iwanek
The politics of history can be useful for diplomacy but dangerous for grammar.
![Siege of Port Arthur: Verdun in Manchuria Siege of Port Arthur: Verdun in Manchuria](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-04_10-29-07.jpg)
Siege of Port Arthur: Verdun in Manchuria
By Joseph Hammond
A crucial battle in the Russo-Japanese War anticipated many technological and social changes we now associate with WWI.
![How Imperial Germany Lost Asia How Imperial Germany Lost Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-16_18-36-31.jpg)
How Imperial Germany Lost Asia
By Robert Farley
A hundred years ago, the German empire slowly shed its Asian possessions.
![WWI Analogies: Missing the Role of Culture WWI Analogies: Missing the Role of Culture](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-05_09-49-39.jpg)
WWI Analogies: Missing the Role of Culture
By Kadira Pethiyagoda
Culture is having a greater impact on international affairs than ever before.
![South Asia: Echoes From Across a Century South Asia: Echoes From Across a Century](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-15_13-00-09.jpg)
South Asia: Echoes From Across a Century
By Ali Ahmed
India’s own “two front” doctrine could prove just as dangerous as Germany’s in WWI.
![East Asia’s Lessons from World War I East Asia’s Lessons from World War I](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-16_12-52-43.jpg)
East Asia’s Lessons from World War I
By Brian C. Chao
China may unwittingly find itself facing a similar string of events to those that confronted Germany in 1914.
![History Lessons for China and Japan History Lessons for China and Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-26_03-20-22.jpg)
History Lessons for China and Japan
By Paula Harrell
Both countries have shown the ability to accommodate and cooperate in the past. Can they do so again?
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