Anglo-German Antagonism

I. Weltpolitik

A. Bernhard von Bülow

II. German naval arms buildup

A. Alfred von Tirpitz

B. German Navy League

C. First German Navy Law of 1898 and Second German Navy Law of 1900

III. British response

A. Two Power Standard

B. HMS Dreadnought, 1906

C. Alliances

First Morocco Crisis, 1905

I. Wilhelm at Tangier

II. Algeciras Conference, Jan 1906

The Alliance System

I. Triple Alliance vs. Triple Entente

II. Britain as the swing vote?

Austria-Hungary as Weak Link

I. 1867 Ausgleich

A. Dual Monarchy

The Bosnian Crisis

I. Serbian anti-Austrian sentiment

II. “The Pig War”

III. Buchlau Agreement, 16 September 1908

A. Aleksandr Izvolskii

B. Baron Aehrenthal

IV. Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

V. German intervention

VI. Russia and Serbia back down

Strength of the Triple Entente?

I. Anglo-Russian Central Asian conflicts

A. Persia and “peaceful penetration under arms”

B. Afghanistan and the Emir’s obstinacy

C. Tibet and the power vacuum

Second Morocco/Agadir Crisis

I. French troops to Morocco, Apr 1911

II. The Panther and German “table thumping”, 1 Jul 1911

III. British outrage

IV. Franco-German Convention, Nov 1911