Central Europe and the Restructuring of International System in 1914 Cover Image

1914 – Reconfigurarea sistemului internaţional de putere şi Europa Centrală
Central Europe and the Restructuring of International System in 1914

Author(s): Vasile Puşcaş
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: international system; balance of power; World War I; Central Europe; Balkans; bipolarization; conservatism; collective security; world order

Summary/Abstract: The author starts its presentation with the issue of common perception regarding the “Great Illusion” about peace and war in 1914.He underlines the background for a conflict of great proportion, the balance of power of that time, and the causes of WW I .The article shows how the Central and East European Powers developed a conservative approach of European and International System during a period when there were many inputs for changing the old international system in order to implement new international policies for a new world order.

  • Issue Year: LV/2016
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 197-207
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian