Essay About Colonial Policy And Three Emperor’S Alliance

Bismarck´s Foreign Policy Ib Revsion
Bismarck’s Foreign PoliciesForeign PoliciesActions relating to this aimEvidence of SuccessEvidence of failureIsolating France and avoiding revengeAttempt to make alliances with Russia so France would not be able to-Dreikaiserbund (1873)The Three Emperor’s Alliance/League (1881)The Triple Alliance (1882)The Reinsurance Treaty (1887)Colonial Policy The tariff actCongress of BerlinAlliances gave a certain amount of military securityDreikaiserbund, The Three Emperors alliance and the Reinsurance Treaty prevents France from getting an allyTriple Alliance ensures that Italy will oppose the FrenchColonial Policy creates tension between Britain and France, therefore increasing French isolationFrance was never able to get an ally, even when relations with Russia were very low after the Congress of BerlinCongress of Berlin maintains a good relation with Britain and Austria left pleased with the arrangements The alliance against France was very weak. Ex: The “Is war in sight” crisis. When both Russia and Britain are highly critical of his policy and the Dreikaiserbund almost collapsesDoes little to avoid the French desire for revenge; however, if France did decide to act upon it, there would be a quick international reaction of protection towards Germany as a result of the alliances.Failed to stop French recovery. It wasn’t necessarily due to Bismarck’s policies that France remained isolated. The initial scenario of French bitterness was Bismarck’s fault in the first place, all due to his aggressive policies during the German UnificationIntroduction of tariffs pushes Russia and France together economicallyFrench were isolated not because of Bismarck’s policies, but due to the fact that they were a Republic Controlling Russian and Austrian ambitions in the Balkans- not having to choose between Austria and RussiaThe Dreikaiserbund states that they would discuss matters of common interests. This specifically relates to the BalkansThe Congress of Berlin “The honest broker”The Dual Alliance The Three Emperor’s League Bulgarian CrisisReinsurance TreatyThere was no catastrophic war over the BalkansGreater Bulgaria was divided at the Congress of Berlin, therefore preventing a war between Britain, Austria and RussiaThe Sultans introduced reforms The Three Emperor’s league Russia and Austria agreed to recognize each other’s ambitions so that they could be open to discussion in the future The Tsar was unhappy with the Congress of Berlin His relationship with Bismarck deteriorated due to the tariffsThe Balkan question was not solved in the long term, he just delayed it.  Balkans remained a power vacuum, no one was really in power and the Ottomans didn’t have the power to control it. Franco-Russian relationship was more likely to develop due to common interests between them during the Congress of BerlinCongress of Berlin led to the Dual Alliance, Bismarck was forced to choose between Russia and Austria (however this was supposed to be only a temporary agreement)Possible war on two fronts- how to prevent the outbreak of war?DreikaiserbundThree Emperor’s LeagueCongress of BerlinColonial Policy War successfully prevented between Austria and Russia in the Balkans due to his alliances and diplomatic skills at BerlinDiverts French attention towards the colonies thereby creating bad feeling between France and BritainKeeps Russia and France from becoming allies, although they would never become allies anywayBismarck’s personality always seems to dominate during diplomatic situations at BerlinAlmost faced a war on two fronts during the ‘war in sight’ crisisForced to change his policy after the Congress of Berlin and make a firm alliance with the AustriansDreikaiserbund and Three Emperor’s League were always weak and fell apart during every crisisHis economic policies were actually pushing France and Russia together (The Tariff Act and Protectionism)Russian resentment over BerlinGerman Nationalism and the desire for expansion, pressure from the people. Colonial PolicyDiverts French attention towards the colonies thereby creating bad feeling between France and BritainSuccessfully gets colonies: Togo  Land, Cameroon, South West Africa, German East Africa and Islands in the PacificSatisfies demands of the businessmen and nationalistsHe was forced to follow a colonial policy that was actually against what he wanted to do, in the long run it created a rivalry with Britain and FranceFor many German nationalists, Bismarck was not doing enoughEssay question: Assess the successes and failures of Bismarck’s foreign policy in the years 1871-1890