Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia

From portraying the on-going Sino Japanese as a parallel to the lead-up to World War I, to the Crimean situation as a prelude to German annexation of the Sudetenland, policymakers have always used historical analogies. This is potentially problematic.

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Main Author: Fook, Bernard Weng Loo
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102421
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19942
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:From portraying the on-going Sino Japanese as a parallel to the lead-up to World War I, to the Crimean situation as a prelude to German annexation of the Sudetenland, policymakers have always used historical analogies. This is potentially problematic.