Remembering and Forgetting: The Legacy of War and Peace in East Asia

Conflicts that have divided parts of East Asia for the past 50 years remain unresolved: competing claims between China and Taiwan, past Japanese militarism and colonialism in the region, and the division of Korea into two ideologically opposed states. Memories of the events that gave rise to these conflicts are contested. Key to working through these memories, within and between nations, is the dialectical process of remembering and forgetting, which will deeply influence international relations in the region into the next century.

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