The global scenario
before and after WWI
Before WW1
International
Relations
-Balance of power
(Concert of Europe)
-Alliance Systems
(Triple Alliance-Triple
Entente)
-Imperialism
-Militarism and Arms Race
-Crisis Diplomacy
(The Balkan Wars- The
assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand)
-Gold
-Free Trade
-Second Industrial
Revolution
-Colonial Economies
French Empire
-Africa
-Southeast Asia
-The Pacific
British Empire
-India
-Canada
-Australia
-Africa
-Caribbean
Balance of
Power
Allied Powers
(Triple Entente):
-France
-Russia
-Britain
Central Powers
(Triple Alliance):
- Germany
-Austria-Hungary
-Italy (1914)
BIPOLAR
SYSTEM
Austria- Hungary, France,
Germany, Great Britain,
Italy, Japan, Russia, and
the United States
After WW1
International
Relations
-Treaties
(The Treaty of
Versailles)
-The League of Nations
-Decline of European
dominance and the rise
of the United States
-Rise of Nationalism
and Anti-Colonial
Movements
-Great Depression
-Breakdown of
Collective Security
(fall of League of Nations)
Economy
-Economic
Devastation
-The Decline of
the Gold
-War Debt and
Reparations
-Power to the US
-Global Trade Decline
-Economic Instability
and Inequality
Colonialism
Expansion:
-Italy
-USA
-Britain
-France
-Japan (new)
Weakened
Colonial Powers:
-Germany
Balance of
Power
League
of Nations
Soviet Union
Soviet communism
and the rise of Hitler
The USA
World Powers
Great Britain, France,
Italy, Japan, and the
United States
