British Diplomacy and the Eastern Pact on Mutual Assistance (1934)

• Authors: Dariusz Jeziorny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Eastern Pact on Mutual Assistance (called at the beginning ‘Eastern Locarno’) was a Franco-Soviet initiative which drew much attention of politicians and public opinion in Europe in 1934. It was a proposal to be implemented into the collective security system. The article addresses the following questions: What was the main aim of British diplomacy in European affairs in 1934? Was London interested in the idea of an Eastern Pact on Mutual Assistance? Did the British diplomats see any profit for their country’s security in a Franco-Soviet proposal? Were they active in European diplomatic relations in the case of the Eastern Pact and if so to what extent? How did they understand collective security in East Central Europe? And how did they assess attitudes and motivations of the proposed signatories of this new coalition of states?

Keywords

EN

British diplomacy; Eastern Pact on Mutual Assistance; European international relations; collective security; British foreign policy

PL

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 113

Dates

published

2016

online

2016-07-01

Contributors

author

Dariusz Jeziorny

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2016.113.10