...Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua Japan has sought closer relations with Southeast Asia for decades, deploying diplomacy and foreign aid to win over a region where many countries suffered the violence of Japanese occupation during the World War II era. Sponsoring Japanese studies programs has also been key...

...Francine Hirsch A key element of the propaganda campaign to get the Russian public behind the invasion of Ukraine has been a program of national-patriotic education. Nationwide exhibitions present World War II history with a slant calculated to instill pride in Russian heroism and stir up hostility...

... critical voices in Poland and elsewhere have drawn comparisons with fascism. The party denounces such parallels, pointing out that Poland suffered Nazi occupation, even though it venerates Polish politicians of the World War II era who espoused positions such as eliminationist anti-Semitism. To avoid...