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Egypt and Fashoda
The Fashoda incident was a set of disputes over territories in Africa between France and Great Britain. In hopes to extend their land, France expanded to the east from its significant gains in western Africa. Britain wanted to be able to link up its territory in east Africa to Egypt, then build a grand railway from Cape to Cairo. The French eventually yielded its clai to the upper Nile region and accepted part of the Sahara as compensation. -
The Boer War
The Boer War, also known as the South African War was fought between the British Imperial Forces and the the two independent Boer republics--the South African Republic and Orange Free state from 1899 to 1902. The war was ended the struggle for power in Southern Africa. It was started by the British in order to gain control of gold and diamond mines. The war ended with the signing the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902 and the British let the Boers self-govern in 1907. -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance was concluded in 1902 under the treaty between Great Britain and Japan against Russia and strengthened the dominations of the allies in China and Korea. It was signed in London by Lord Lansdowne, a British foreign secretary and Hayashi Tadasu, a Japanese minister in London. This treaty stated that each ally would remain neutral when the other was engaged in a war against another power and gave allies the right to intervene if their special interests were threatened. -
Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was an agreement between Britain and France. It resolved a number of long standing colonial disputes, long-standing issues and established a diplomatic understanding between the two countries. For example, France promised promised not to challenge British control over Egypt and Britain recognized the rights of France. Later, the Entente Cordiale became a part of the Triple Entente among Britain, France, and Russia. -
Morocco
The First Moroccan Crisis was a dispute between France and Germany in March 1905. Under the rule of Emperor William II, Germany felt threatened by the new level of agreement by its european neighbors. Convinced by Chancellor Bulow, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany declared support for the sultan of Morocco as their main intention was to anger the French and Britain in order to split them up.This crisis was finally resolved when the countries attended the Algeciras Conference. -
Anglo-Russian Entente
The Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907 was an agreement which ended a long-lasting struggle for power between Britain and Russia at the expense of regions (like Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet) throughout Central Asia. The agreement also brought stability and control in Persia by making the governments of Britain and Russia to respect the independence of Persia. Therefore, this agreement brought peace and order and solved some on-going conflicts. -
Bosnia
The Bosnia crisis which began in 1908 and ended in 1909 was a state of severe international tension involving nine nations caused by Austria-Hungary when they declared the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were territories part of the Ottoman Empire. Russia supported Serbia while Austria-Hungary threatened to invade Serbia if it persisted in its demand. Finally, Russia accepted the annexation and this contributed to the outbreak of World War I.
