POLI SCI 240 Lecture 5: ir lecture 10%2F05
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Conclusions: anarchy is key structural feature of int. Concert of europe (congress of vienna) 1815- crimean war, 1850s. 1890-1914, the demise of the bismarckian system: napoleonic period. Mass mobilization in politics and the military levee en masses . Concert system result relative peace until 1850s. Lack of unification of italy and germany. Bismarck the prussian chancellor: in a world of five, be part of three . Triple alliance germany, austria, italy (curtail austria vs italy) Entente with england (germany focused on the continent) The demise of the system (1890 - 1914) Russia withdraws from 3 emperor league 1887. Russia looks to france alliance begins in 1892. Germans lack control over the austrians in the balkans. French support for russia leads to russian ambitions. Two front problem from germany leads to the von schlieffen plan. How did the number of actors affect the stability of the system.