The memory of 1914 may trigger the most concern in East Asia, where all the ingredients of a similar disaster have accumulated: nuclear weapons, the rise of China as a global power, unresolved territorial and border disputes, the division of the Korean Peninsula, historical resentments, an obsession with status and prestige, and hardly any cooperative conflict-resolution mechanisms. Distrust and power politics are the order of the day.
对1914年的记忆可能引发亚洲最大的隐忧，在亚洲，爆发类似于一战的灾难的所有要素都已经积累起来：核武器、中国崛起为全球强国、悬而未决的领土和边境纠纷、朝鲜半岛的分裂、历史恩怨，对地位和特权的着迷，以及缺乏任何合作性冲突解决机制。不信任和实力政治就是当前的秩序。