One central concern is that, unlike Europe’s bloody wars of the first half of the twentieth century, which made war there unthinkable today, the wars in Asia in the second half of the twentieth century only accentuated bitter rivalries. Several interstate wars have been fought in Asia since 1950, when both the Korean War and the annexation of Tibet started, without resolving the underlying Asian disputes.
一个关键问题在于，亚洲和欧洲不同。欧洲在20世纪上半叶经历了两次惨烈的战争，时至今日，欧洲人已对战争深恶痛绝。而亚洲在20世纪下半叶所经历的战争加剧了各种仇恨。自1950年的朝鲜战争和解放西藏战事以来，亚洲经历了多场战争，但基本争端仍未得到解决。