HIS103Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ragnhild Hatton, Emer De Vattel, Natural And Legal Rights
Religious rivalries: lost power to influence policies of government
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Nationalism
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Anglo-Spanish treaty - Altrecht 1713 - securing peace in Europe on
balance of power
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Recognized balance in 1700s
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Differences in region / countries - not analyzed, assume
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Power is something which cannot be measured
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Resided in each person's opinion
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Always changing --> taking each other's wealth / power
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Constant: validation in seales
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Arose from inherent aggressiveness of states
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Moral: prevent overtaking
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Most thought it ought to exist - had a duty to resist excessive power
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Natural rights, justified
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Vattel: right of smaller states to protect selves
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Might have to give up power / territory --> for good of all
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Justice: anyone can weaken other nations for gain
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Created by trade, backed by Americas
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Power limited with large-scale trade --> colonialism
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Before power: territory, population, armies
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Russia: Catherine II - fear of domination
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Russia, Britain, Prussia rise - alliances are formed
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M.S. Anderson, “Eighteenth-Century Theories of the Balance of Power,” in
Ragnhild Hatton and M.S. Anderson (eds.), Studies in Diplomatic History
(London: Longman, 1970). (LCR)
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Information from diplomatic archives 0 bulky fragments
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Diplomats chosen by representatives of sovereign, aristocrats
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Writers had power, did not think writings public
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Each state possessed a set of strategic, territorial and commercial
interests which indicate foreign policy
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International relations is not static --> interests can change
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Balance: something that ought to exist, but not necessarily does
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Jeremy Black, “The Theory of the Balance of Power in the first half of the
Eighteenth Century: a note on sources,” Review of International Studies, Vol.
9, issue 1 (January 1983): 55-61. (LCR)
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Balance was determined to nation (in ways)
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Used as justification in Glorious Revolution
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Michael Sheehan, “The Sincerity of the British Commitment to the
Maintenance of the Balance of Power, 1714-1763.” Vol. 15, no. 3 (2004):
489-506. (LCR)
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Tutorial 1.3: The Balance of
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Anderson, (cid:293)eighteenth- entury theories of the alance of power,(cid:294) in. ), studies in diplomatic history (london: longman, 1970). (lcr) Religious rivalries: lost power to influence policies of government. Anglo-spanish treaty - altrecht 1713 - securing peace in europe on balance of power. Differences in region / countries - not analyzed, assume. Always changing --> taking each other"s wealth / power. Most thought it ought to exist - had a duty to resist excessive power. Vattel: right of smaller states to protect selves. Might have to give up power / territory --> for good of all. Justice: anyone can weaken other nations for gain. Russia, britain, prussia rise - alliances are formed. Jeremy lack, (cid:293)the theory of the alance of power in the first half of the. Eighteenth entury: a note on sources,(cid:294) review of international studies, vol. Writers had power, did not think writings public. Each state possessed a set of strategic, territorial and commercial interests which indicate foreign policy.
