Great Britain, the Albanian question and the concert of Europe, 1911-1914
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.28, No.2, 1987, pages 327-354
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Despite minimal economic or political interests in the insignificant Ottomanprovince of Albania, British political leaders gradually took a livelyinterest in it between 1911 and 1914 .The Albanian Question was closely linkedto the dissolution or survival of the wider Ottoman Empire. Moreover»Albania became a region of intense international rivalry between Great andsmall powers alike. As such, Albania assumed an increasingly important rolein the calculations of the British Foreign Office and the foreign secretary,Sir Edward Grey. The article reinforces R. J. Crampton’s view of the “hollow”nature of détente between the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente. It also emphasisesthat the machinery of the Concert of Europe, pursued by the Britishwith vigour, had clearly broken down by 1914.
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Αλβανικό ζήτημα, 1911-1914
