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World War I
December 01, 2018
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.
November 15, 2018
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.
November 11, 2018
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.
July 27, 2018
Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War
By Robert Farley
What drove the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I?
October 11, 2017
‘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.
May 01, 2017
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.
November 04, 2014
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.
October 17, 2014
How Imperial Germany Lost Asia
By Robert Farley
A hundred years ago, the German empire slowly shed its Asian possessions.
October 05, 2014
WWI Analogies: Missing the Role of Culture
By Kadira Pethiyagoda
Culture is having a greater impact on international affairs than ever before.
August 15, 2014
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.
July 16, 2014
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.
June 26, 2014
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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