Lessons from World War I for the Rise of Asia

Lessons from World War I for the Rise of Asia
by Andreas Herberg-Rothe (ed.)
Vol. 13 of the Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies

offers a historical comparison between the events leading up to World War I and current global tensions related to the economical and political rise of Asia. Assessing the similarities as well as differences between the build-up of World War I and today, it is argued that we need to understand the driving forces behind the scene of global politics: The conflict between rising, established, and disintegrating powers and the desire of recognition on all sides.