The Role of Congress of Vienna in the Emergence of Multilateralism
The Role of Congress of Vienna in the Emergence of Multilateralism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the Congress of Vienna, which is considered the firstforum in the history of diplomacy, as the main event where the multilateral diplomacy was introducedand the framework of international organizations, as an important actor of international relations,were created. Multilateral diplomacy is defined as the approach of administration of internationalrelations through the direct contact of negotiations at different forums such as conferences orcongresses by representatives of at least three sovereign countries. The paper will contain two mainparts. In the first part the analysis will be focused in the Congress of Vienna as the main event wherethe application of multilateral diplomacy started. In the second part of the paper, the Congress will beviewed through the lenses of the main event which marked the beginning of the creation ofinternational organizations in world politics. Many scholars claim that the beginning of internationalorganizations was in 1919 or 1945. The methodology used in this paper is based on discourse analysis– which, before everything, is focused in collection and analysis of different historical and politicalmaterials. The paper concludes that the Congress of Vienna contributed not only to re-draw borders ofEurope after the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, but, even though unintentionally, playedfundamental role in introducing multilateral diplomacy and creating the framework for establishinginternational organizations as the main principles of political and diplomatic practices in modernhistory of international relations.

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