The Rise of Japan’s Hawkish Military Faction In the early 20th century, Japan’s Imperial General Staff became a hotbed of […]
The Precarious Balance of Power in Northeast Asia As the 20th century dawned, Northeast Asia became a chessboard for imperial […]
The Rise of Alexander Bezobrazov and His Far Eastern Ambitions In the early 20th century, as imperial powers jockeyed for […]
The Gathering Storm in the Far East As the calendar turned to 1903, the Russian Empire faced mounting tensions in […]
A Clash of Empires in the Making In the winter of 1902–1903, as tensions simmered between Russia and Japan over […]
A Tsar’s New Year in Troubled Times On January 14, 1903 (January 1 by the Russian Julian calendar), Tsar Nicholas […]
A Diplomatic Gambit That Shook Tokyo In the autumn of 1902, a diplomatic bombshell landed in Tokyo that would send […]
A Diplomatic Gambit in the Shadow of Empire In late November 1901, Japan’s elder statesman Ito Hirobumi arrived in St. […]
The Changing Tides of Imperial Ambitions In the closing years of the 19th century, the geopolitical landscape of East Asia […]
The Cracks in the Russian Empire The final year of the 19th century found the Russian Empire at a crossroads. […]
The Powder Keg of Northeast Asia The year 1901 marked a critical juncture in the escalating tensions between Russia and […]
The Powder Keg of East Asia As the dust settled from the Boxer Rebellion in autumn 1900, Russian Finance Minister […]
The Powder Keg of Northeast Asia The year 1900 marked a critical juncture in Northeast Asian geopolitics, with the Boxer […]
The Boxer Rebellion and Korea’s Precarious Position When the Boxer Rebellion erupted in China in 1900, the ripple effects were […]
The Tinderbox of the Amur Borderlands The banks of the Amur River (known as Heilongjiang in Chinese) had long been […]
The Tinderbox of Late Qing China As the 19th century waned, the Qing Dynasty found itself besieged by foreign powers […]
The Dawn of Russian Military Observation in Japan In the closing years of the 19th century, as imperial powers jockeyed […]
Imperial Russia’s Pacific Ambitions In the closing years of the 19th century, the Russian Empire made a decisive move to […]
A Surprising Proposal from an Expansionist Power In May 1899, the world witnessed an unexpected diplomatic move from an unlikely […]
The Powder Keg of Late Joseon Korea The final years of 19th-century Korea witnessed a geopolitical tug-of-war that would define […]