Open AccessGreek Issue in British Foreign Policy (1914-1917)
Author(s) -
Artem Hrachov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mìžnarodnì zv'âzki ukraïni: naukovì pošuki ì znahìdki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-7198
pISSN - 2411-345X
DOI - 10.15407/mzu2020.29.094
Subject(s) - diplomacy , negotiation , politics , political science , foreign policy , ottoman empire , first world war , economic history , economy , political economy , law , ancient history , history , sociology , economics
The article sheds light on British policy of bringing Greece into the First World War on Entente’s side. Interests of mutual cooperation between Greek political circles and Foreign Office, the course of negotiations about terms of Greek participation in the war, and requirements of the sides are analyzed. Factors that made an influence on Great Britain’s diplomacy are researched, namely: a danger of joining Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to Central Powers after entering into the war by Greece in the first months of the conflict, an influence of Dardanelles operation on the positions of Greece and British diplomacy, an activity of French foreign service. Methods of British diplomacy, notably territorial compensations, financial assistance and bribery, were discovered