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Why do nations build empires and form supra-national alliances and…
Why do nations build empires and form supra-national alliances and organizations?
Empire expansion
Perspectives
Edward Wakefield
It's a good idea for overcrowded populations to make new lives from themselves overseas. Ways should be found to help them do this
Rudyard Kipling
It's the white man's burden to civilize the primitive parts of the world
Lenin
Sooner or later imperialism will let to a war
Raffles
Everybody would benefit from the British imperial expansion in the Far East
Cecil Rohdes
The British have a duty to gain control over as much of Africa as possible - it`s best for Britain and best for the rest of the world too
Hobson
Imperialsm only benefits certain groups- notibly those involve in war industries
Causes
Population growth
Nationalism and national rivalries
Strategic reasons
Economic reasons
Explorers and missiones
Technological advances
Population growth
Supra-Nacional organizations
The LoN
Avoid war trough discoussion, negociation and diplomacy
Structures
General Assembly
The Council
Secretariat
International Labour Organization
Court of International Justice
Collective Security
Humanitarian War
Why did it fail?
Self-inteterest of leading member
Decisions were slow
Lack of an Army
Economic santions had limited imparct
USA and oters key countries weren`t memebers
Supra-national alliances
Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
Triple Entente
Britain
France
Russia