When President Theodore Roosevelt brokered the Treaty of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan in 1905, it established America and Japan as major actors in Asia. While Japan achieved most of its political objectives in the treaty, Roosevelt’s refusal to meet Japan’s demands for reparations from Russia fueled increased rivalry between Tokyo and Washington which […]
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