POL 1025 Chapter Notes -Structural Level, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Hard Power
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Wwi destroyed three european empires: the german, austro-hungarian, and russian. Wwi, the global balance of power was centered in europe. After wwi, europe was still important, but the united states and japan emerged as major players. Two key elements the rise of german power and the increased rigidity in the alliance systems. The structural shift to bipolarity affected the process by which the 19th century balance-of-power system had worked. Looks at what was happening in the domestic society, politics, and government prior to wwi. The declining austro-hungarian and ottoman empires, the domestic political situation in. Germany, and the crisis instability of the situation in the summer of 1914. The origins of wwi pushed the turks out. Then, serbia took the lead among the balkan states to push the. Austrians out: austria went to war against serbia because austria wanted to weaken serbia and prevent it from becoming a magnet for nationalism among the balkan slavs.
