The Rapprochement

I. The Boer War, the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance

II. The Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution

III. Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 Aug 1907

Bismarck’s Alliance System

I. National interest and secret alliances

II. Mediterranean Agreement, 1887

III. Triple Alliance renewal, Feb 1887

IV. Reinsurance Treaty, Jun 1887

Collapse of the System

I. Wilhelm II’s ascension, Jun 1888

II. Bismarck’s dismissal, Mar 1890

A. Leo von Caprivi becomes Chancellor

III. Reinsurance Treaty Lapses, 1890

Franco-Russian Alliance

I. 1891 Consultation agreement

II. Aug 1892 Military Convention

III. Franco-Russian Alliance, Jan 1894

IV. France gets a friend, Russia gets a financier

Whither the British?

I. Cape to Cairo

II. Fashoda Crisis, 1898

A. Herbert Horatio Kitchener

B. Jean Baptiste Marchand

III. Théophile Delcassé

IV. Boer War

A. Transvaal and the Orange Free State

B. Cecil Rhodes

C. Jameson Raid, 1896

D. Kruger Telegram

E. British wakeup call

V. Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902

VI. Anglo-French Entente Cordiale, 8 April 1904