The Great Power Rivalry in Late 19th Century East Asia The closing years of the 19th century witnessed an intense […]
The Meiji Restoration and the Dream of Expansion The origins of Japan’s aggressive expansion into Korea can be traced back […]
The Gathering Storm: Origins of the Russo-Japanese Conflict The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) emerged from decades of imperial rivalry in East […]
The Powder Keg of Imperial Ambitions The early 20th century witnessed a fierce geopolitical struggle between Russia and Japan over […]
A Powder Keg in Northeast Asia The early 20th century witnessed rising tensions between imperial powers jockeying for influence in […]
The Gathering Storm: Prelude to Conflict The winter of 1904 found East Asia balanced on a knife’s edge. For nearly […]
A Fateful Meeting in Tokyo On the night of February 4, 1904 (January 22 by the old Julian calendar), Japan’s […]
The Gathering Storm: Prelude to Conflict in Northeast Asia The winter of 1903-1904 witnessed an extraordinary military buildup that would […]
The Precarious Position of Korea in 1904 As the 20th century dawned, Korea found itself caught in the crossfire of […]
The Precarious Throne of Emperor Gojong In the winter of 1904, Emperor Gojong of Korea found himself at the center […]
The Gathering Storm in East Asia As 1903 drew to a close, Russian officials in East Asia found themselves drowning […]
The Gathering Storm: Japan’s Strategic Dilemma As December 1903 drew to a close, the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff finalized […]
The Gathering Storm in East Asia The winter of 1903 marked a critical turning point in East Asian geopolitics as […]
The Rise of the Anti-Russian Comrades Association In the autumn of 1903, Japan stood at a crossroads. The Anti-Russian Comrades […]
The Powder Keg of Northeast Asia The autumn of 1903 witnessed an increasingly dangerous confrontation between two expanding empires in […]
The Gathering Storm: Naval Expansion in the Far East As tensions escalated between Russia and Japan in late 1903, both […]
The Geopolitical Powder Keg of Northeast Asia In the early 20th century, Northeast Asia became the focal point of imperial […]
The Fragile Balance of Power in St. Petersburg In the summer of 1903, Russia’s foreign policy in East Asia was […]
The Rise of War Fever in Japanese Media In the summer of 1903, Japan’s media landscape underwent a dramatic shift […]
The Gathering Storm in Northeast Asia The late 19th century witnessed an intensifying geopolitical struggle between Russia and Japan over […]