IR 212 Lecture 6: Lecture 6
Document Summary
1882 invasion and temporary occupation" of egypt. British were not free to structure their behaviour without taking into account the interests and behaviours of other states, particularly the us as they started to take more interest in europe. British world system - a lot of give and take between actors with economic resources - london was a good place to keep your money. British had more troops in india than the british isles. Viewed the british world system as a machine to help them get ahead (excluding. India - gandhi recognised that refusing to cooperate would make the british empire crumble) The great powers are the states that have the most ability to get their was in the international system. Us was not part of the great power game until ww1. Great powers are forced by competition to change and become more disciplined and organized - e. g france after austro-prussian war - defeated.
