POLI 142K Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Austria-Hungary, Status Quo, Ethnic Conflict
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Week 1, friday, april 3rd: the major (great) powers: 1914, 1914 power rankings: power is relative, not absolute; therefore, power rankings for all powers can change only if one major power rises or declines. 1 = austria-hungary: balance of power is stable (given alliances); or 5 = 5, the problem is a systemic problem of relative power, decline of austria-hungary, potential german hegemony, rise of russia. The major powers and preferences for war and peace: 1990-1914: major power war - two or more major powers, in europe, given alliances, any war between two major powers creates systemic war, preferences for war and peace. 1 = passive defeat: no obvious war state (first preference for war) Eastern europe: germany-france, germany-great britain, contingent conflict (frankin, germany-russia: economic conflict; future of eastern europe and. Austria-hungary: russia-austria-hungary: russian expansion; future of serbia; future of ottoman empire, germany-france: borders; arms-race, germany-great britain, belgium (control of english channel, naval arms race.
