Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia
Journal: DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University)
Year: 2014

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.