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Fashoda Crisis as a Path to Franco-British Reconciliation?
Čech, Damián ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
The diploma thesis Fashoda Crisis as a Path to Franco-British Reconciliation? deals with the event of Fashoda crisis, the events that had preceded the conflict and the consequences on the Franco-British relations at the dawn of 19th century. The main objective of the thesis is to clarify the background, later development, and the outcome of the event. Throughout the thesis am focusing on the historical background with emphasis on the colonization of Egypt and its importance in the Franco-British relations. I am also putting the emphasis on clarifying the possible reasons that led to the Fashoda crisis as well as on introducing the main protagonists and their plans to take advantage of the crisis. The thesis than chronologically continues to evaluate the critical months at the end of 1898 and the beginning of 1899, which could be understood as the culmination point of the crisis. The thesis also tries to assess the mood and opinion of the public in both countries in the course of the crisis and even after signing the accords that put an end to this quarrel. At least I am trying to define and to evaluate the impact and influence of this specific event on the latter development of international relations between the two countries and also, I am trying to answer the question whether the Fashoda crisis...
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France and British Position in Egypt, 1882-1904
Šubrtová, Marcela ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
When France rejected to join the Great Britain in military intervention in Egypt in 1882, the British decided to put down the policy of dual control in Egypt. This decision influenced the mutual relations of both countries for more than twenty years. The aim of this thesis was to analyse the attitude of France towards the British presence in Egypt. Thesis deals with development of the mutual British-French relations from 1882 to 1904 with regard to their interests in Egypt and Upper Nile valley. Through the signature of the Entente cordiale on April 8, 1904 France and Great Britain settled their colonial disputes and started the mutual cooperation, which inaugurated the formation of the blocks which clashed in the First World War in 1914.
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Foreign Policy of Great Britain before the First World War (1901-1914)
Krupka, František ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Hokovský, Radko (referee)
Bachelor thesis Zahraniční politika Velké Británie před první světovou válkou (1901-1914) analyzes the position of the British Empire in the international system in the years before the First World War. It focuses on the circumstances that forced Britain to withdraw from the isolation and re-focus its foreign policy on European affairs. Maps steps of British diplomacy, as depending on the internal political establishment, so depending on the concept of "Balance of Power" and tense development on the continent. The aim is to explain reason of the British intervention in the beginning of the World War I. and to prove that British foreign policy had a share on the escalation of conflict.
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