CAS IR 349 Lecture 1: The Euro-Centric World of the Early Twentieth Century
18 May 2018
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The Euro-Centric World of the Early Twentieth Century:
the great power: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russian empire.
All 6 had a monarchy of some sort. Except France which was a republic.
How is a great power defined? – Economic status, diplomatic powers, military powers etc.
Nation: A community of people defining themselves with similar kinships, religions, interests
etc.
Russia claims to be different from all the other powers as they consider themselves Slavs.
Russia was the only Slavic great power in the world during that time. Russian diplomats came
up with the term “Pan Slavism”.
Nationalism and Diplomacy: Turks vs “Slavs”.
- Pan Slavism
- - Serbia (1874)
- Russia Turkish War
- (1877-1878)
- -Abused Bulgarians
Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany all defended the status quo and had an alliance which
was called the “Three Emperors League”.
But the Russians in the European parts didn’t necessarily think of themselves as Slavs or
Orthodox Christians. Austria- Hungary had the same problem.
Diplomacy and Nationalism: The Balkan Peninsula
- San Stefano (Mar. 1878)
- Congress of Berlin (July 1878)
- -honest broker (Bismarck of Germany)
- Bulgaria is downsized significantly and instead of being on the path of independence on
Russian guides, it is on its way to independence but on Turkish influence
- Bosnia
Diplomacy and Nationalism: Alignment through Alliance:
- 1879: Dual Alliance
- 1882: triple Alliance
- 1894: Franco-Russian Alliance
- 1904: Entente Cordiale (UK and France)
- 1907: Triple Entente
-Hitler built a transnational railroad till Armenia.
Document Summary
The euro-centric world of the early twentieth century: the great power: uk, france, germany, italy, austria-hungary and russian empire. All 6 had a monarchy of some sort. Economic status, diplomatic powers, military powers etc. Nation: a community of people defining themselves with similar kinships, religions, interests etc. Russia claims to be different from all the other powers as they consider themselves slavs. Russia was the only slavic great power in the world during that time. Russian diplomats came up with the term pan slavism . Russia, austria-hungary and germany all defended the status quo and had an alliance which was called the three emperors league . But the russians in the european parts didn"t necessarily think of themselves as slavs or. Bulgaria is downsized significantly and instead of being on the path of independence on. Russian guides, it is on its way to independence but on turkish influence. Queen victoria"s married her children off in germany and russia (soft power).
