Encyclopedia: foreign policy Top Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Britannica Concise Encyclopedia General objectives that guide the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states. The development of foreign policy is influenced by domestic considerations‚ the policies or behaviour of other states‚ or plans to advance specific geopolitical designs. Leopold von Ranke emphasized the primacy of geography and external threats in shaping foreign policy‚ but later writers
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INTRODUCTION The battleship Bismarck was named in honour of Otto Fürst von Bismarck‚ the architect of German unification and the arbiter of European politics during the second half of the 19th century. Bismarck‚ also known as the "Iron Chancellor"‚ was the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire‚ and through his diplomatic skills‚ he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Otto von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 at Schönhausen in Brandenburg
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To what extent was Bismarck responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871 and account for the effect this had on the balance of power in Europe‚ any threats faced due to this imbalance and how Bismarck countered these threats. Otto von Bismarck‚ a charismatic diplomat and first chancellor of Germany‚ was one of the main driving forces behind the unification of the pre-German states. By opposing socialism and...... into the German Empire. His actions and results would usurp the balance of
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interpretation of Otto von Bismarck and Bismarckian Germany has undergone extensive transformation‚ as historians have had access to a wider variety of sources and evidence‚ and have held differing social and political presuppositions influencing their portrayal of the German unifier. The changing historical interpretations can be seen over time‚ as differing contexts and sources influence the portrayal‚ as early interpretations of Bismarck from the 1870s to the 1920s portrayed Bismarck as a man in charge
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authenticity may lead one down an incomplete path. This paper will discuss in large part the differences of two particular passages and which of the two I found most persuasive. James Eayrs’ article “A Low Dishonest Decade: Aspects of Canadian External Policy‚ 1931-1939” and Norman Hillmer’s article “Defence and Ideology: The Anglo-Canadian Military Alliance in the 1930s” both explain Canada’s relations‚ or lack thereof‚ with Great Britain. While Eayrs’ viewpoint is a much more negative one. For instance
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prevent war. But‚ as countries expanded borders‚ tensions began to arise. Multiple countries looking to extend their influence created a paranoia of preventive war from the great powers‚ causing tensions to rise. The resignation of German Chancellor Bismarck ended an era of alliances and began the deterioration of long held diplomatic ties in Europe. The development and later fall of the alliance system started the first world war by pitting the great powers against one another over territorial control
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white and 3.4% native american. The potential threat to Bismarck’s water supply was one of the many reasons why the proposal was rejected. The route was changed without a struggle. Our government went back on its word and still take land from the Native Americans. Different Native American tribes began protesting and people from all over the United States began to help and join in. There protesting because the construction of the pipeline because a leak could contaminate the source of their water
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Otto von Bismarck‚ a nineteenth-century prime minister of Prussia‚ was born April 1st‚ 1815 to July 30th‚ 1898 in Prussia‚ where Germany is now located. Bismarck was a prime minister of Prussia for over 30 years. While being prime minister of Prussia he established the German empire and lead it as chancellor. As German chancellor‚ he won three wars and prevented wars in Europe for twenty years. Otto von Bismarck lead the German Empire very well and made it a great empire. Bismarck made Germany
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Was the foreign policy of the United States primarily isolationist or expansionist through 1865-1914? At the turn of the century‚ and after gaining our independence‚ the United States land mass more than doubled through the use of purchasing‚ annexing‚ and war. However‚ the foreign policy of our government took a predominately isolationist stand. This was a national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries. General Washington shaped these values by upholding
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Discuss the impact of the end of the Cold War on US foreign policy Introduction: When the world famous liberal thinker Francis Fukuyama in his masterpiece declared that we were witnessing the end of the history‚ he was greeting the new political structure and also the new international environment‚ which is peaceful[1]. However‚ developments that occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union showed us that the dissolution of the Soviets was unexpected. The international society was not ready
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