Jan Martin Ruger

Mr. Ruger is studying the fundamental change that occurred in the relationship between Britain and Germany in the decades before the First World War. The two countries had gone from natural allies and 'cousins' to rivals. The project will focus on one particularly powerful phenomenon of the Anglo-German antagonism, that of the naval spectacle. Mr. Ruger hopes that his research will contribute to a better understanding of current debates about Britain's and Germany's role in Europe.