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In a 1993 study titled Ripe for Rivalry: Prospects for Peace in a Multipolar Asia, published in the journal International Security, American political scientist Aaron L. Friedberg argued that Asia appeared more likely than Europe to be the “cockpit of great-power conflict”, concluding that in the long run, “Europe’s past could be Asia’s future”.
Three decades later, reality has proven otherwise. Since the 1990s, Europe has experienced several conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Georgia and Ukraine.
