What is the legacy of WWI today? Do we still feel the effects today?

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Mikky,
everything we have today in the world in terms of some international borders, disputes, and other issues in my view begin with this war.

Consider that the conclusion of the First World War (aka "The Great War") results inevitably to the Second World War. The vengance applied to the Versailles Treaty against the Germans was unsustainable ~ even when pressed by Sir John Maynard Keynes to forge a different direction the Allies decided not to. Japan had walked out of the Conference all together. Ho Chi Minh had even sought an audience and was outright denied. Here we have clear links to not only the Second World War but the Vietnam War as well. Korea? Simply overlooked all together - the Japanese had maintained their status quo in Korea from 1910 to 1945; with the loss of the Second World War in the Pacific and Communist fighthing the Nationalists in China we see the Koreas split after WW II and in 1949 we see a Communist China ~ Korea has a war in 1950 (here too is your link).

The Middle East (aka Near East Asia) is a whole story unto itself; new countries are established at the end of the Ottoman Empire and then we end up with more following the loss by the Germans in WW II. Now look at these issues.

"Do we still feel the effects today?" The answer is a resounding "yes".

I hope this helps,
Gerry