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A FRAGILE PEACE
Belle Époque
Was a period of prosperity and optimism
Also of great tension in international relations because of territorial expansionism
Relations between countries were determined by Germany
The German chancellor
Bismarck
Designed a complex system of alliances
To isolate France
Two opposing diplomatic blocs formed in Europe
Triple Entente
Russia
France
Great Britain
Arms race
France and Germany
Were on the brink of war over control of Morocco
Two Balkan wars broke out
In the first
An alliance of Balkan countries declared war on the Ottoman Empire
In the second
The former allies fought each other
Serbia
Benefited from this war
The Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Germany
Bismarckian system
Three stages
First system
The League of the Three Emperors
An alliance between
Austro-Hungarian
German
Empires
Russian
Second system
Bismarck made a bilateral agreement with Austria-Hungary
Italy
Joined the agreement
Forming the Triple Alliance
Bismarck
Revived the League of the Three Emperors
Third system
The German chancellor
Signed the Reinsurance Treaty with the Russian tsar
Reinforced the Triple Alliance
The treaty
Guaranteed Russian neutrality in the event of an attack by France
Bismarck
Signed the Mediterranean Agreements
Great Britain
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Spain
Slavic nationalism and instability in the balkans
Eastern Europe
Many different peoples were included in the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Ottoman Empire
Slavic
Their nationalist demands were therefore supported by Russia
Great political instability
Several wars
