Will Europe’s Past be East Asia’s Future? Politique étrangère, Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2014

China demands a role that is commensurate with its ambitions, just like Germany at the end of the 19^th century. Neither Great Britain nor the dominant power, the United States, knew how to curb the expansion of the emerging power. Given the exacerbation of nationalist sentiment in Asia, lessons from the First World War must be remembered in order to avoid a dangerous escalation.

Published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2014.