Expanzió vagy önvédelem? Az Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia diplomáciai köreinek tervei Szerbiával kapcsolatban (1913–1915)
Expansionism or Self-Defence? The Plans of the Austro–Hungarian Diplomatic Circles Towards Serbia (1913–1915)

Summary/Abstract: These two extremist ideologies clearly mark the diversity of opinions in Austria-Hungary regarding the Serbian problem. After 1903 Serbia was considered not only as a barrier to the Austro– Hungarian economic penetration into the peninsula, but as a growing threat to the existence of the Hungarian statehood. The attitude towards Serbia varied from conquering the state to temporary occupation, mutilation or total division of the country between her neighbours (including or excluding Austria–Hungary) and to the economic subjection as the least aggressive plan. The emergence of these plans was always a question of strength of different pressure groups and the changes in the situation on the battlefields in 1912–1915. This study focuses only on the activity of the ’Magyars’ including the imperialistic tendencies of press, and the attitude of a certain (conservative) group of decision-makers, Baron István Burián and Count István Tisza. Neither the idea of the above mentioned groups did coincide with each other, nor the latter was the only influential pressure group.

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