The Rapprochement of Britain and Austria Hungary – Foreign Policy Analysis and the levels of decision-making before the Congress of Berlin 1878
The Rapprochement of Britain and Austria-Hungary – Foreign Policy Analysis and the levels of decision-making before the Congress of Berlin 1878

Summary/Abstract: The diplomatic history of both Britain and Austria-Hungary has been in the focus of great historians of the past and present. As works of international history heavily emphasize the events leading up to the Great War, they briefly mention the alternate alliances at the time. Such were the brief cordial relations of the British Empire and the Austria-Hungarian Monarchy in 1877–1878. Besides the classic sources of diplomatic history the study seeks to involve each foreign policy level to the analysis – bureaucracy, lobby groups, and the public – to understand the reason behind the rapprochement. In conclusion, the goal of the paper is to uncover an overlooked fragment of international relations and find out how foreign policy formulated its course over the possibility of a British–Austro-Hungarian alliance.

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