Talk:International relations (1814–1919)

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Scholars move back and forth between "diplomacy" and "international relations" (which is somewhat broader because it includes economics and migration.  Sometimes they use both terms together as in Beyond diplomacy: contemporary issues in international relations by Jonah I. Onuoha - 2008 and Guide to International Relations and Diplomacy by Michael Graham Fry, Erik Goldstein, Richard Langhorne (2004). The same starting and end points are often used by scholars:  1814 (end of Napoleonic wars/ Vienna conference) and 1919 (end of WWI/ Versailles Conference). As for other articles, it shows how they are related to one another. That's what history surveys do. Rjensen (talk) 02:16, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Replied on my talk page. - Dank (push to talk) 15:26, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

British-German naval race
This section uses conflicting views. In the first paragraph it states Germany built up a navy that threatened the British Royal Navy. In the next it says that the German Navy wasn't a threat for the British. Maybe it should be changed to "Tirpitz took the Empire's modest navy and "attempted to" turn it into a world-class force that could threaten the British Royal Navy".74.34.164.80 (talk) 02:04, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Where is China?
Apart from an incredibly brief mention in the section on Imperialism (§5.5) there's virtually nothing here on China during this period. Yes, it was largely a passive observer (at best) of the Western Great Powers and Russia during this period but given our current geopolitical context, surely it makes sense to at least explain why China was not a major actor at this time? It was still an incredibly populous place by comparison with Europe, IIRC. Comrade jo (talk) 23:28, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Transportation
Not sure where the 'sailing vessels moved at 2-3kts' figure comes from but as a sailor, including of tall ships, it strikes me as surely wrong. I don't think I've ever made a long passage in a windy latitude that averaged '2-3 knots, not including when becalmed'. 2 knots isn't even enough to stem many tides, e.g. http://www.visitmyharbour.com/articles/3188/hourly-tidal-streams-west-solent-area-np337. Also clippers were fast (this article gives 14-17kts) compared to bulk cargoes, but not 'six or seven times faster'. A more likely moving average for a working boat would be 5-7kts I'd guess. You have to remember that most of the big global trade routes then had become established partly because of the prevailing winds... Comrade jo (talk) 23:05, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * the speed is calculated from long-distance trip times. "We have seen that the average speed of all recorded voyages to Palestine was 2.8 knots." says https://books.google.com/books?id=0fazDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA203  see also https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/speed-of-an-average-sailboat.18365/ for current sailboats. Rjensen (talk) 22:17, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Britain AND Europe?
The top of the article makes a distinction between 'Britain' and (the rest of??) 'Europe'. I would suggest these are one and the same, always have been and always will be (or at least will remain the same for ages to come). If a distinction is truly necessary here, one could at least take the effort to use 'Continental Europe' in contrast to 'Britain', but again, we are ALL Europeans! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.158.46.86 (talk) 01:46, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You seem to disagree with the experts, such as James Joll, ed. Britain and Europe 1793-1940 (1967) Rjensen (talk) 01:53, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It's hard to know what you mean. You think the title of Joll's book is your killer argument? How about you read Britain and Europe, Pitt to Churchill, 1793-1940 (1961), which is the real Joll book. Or, try Europe since 1870; an International History; JOLL, James (1973) Harper & Row. Neither of these texts supports your claim that Britain is separate from Europe
 * And, since you love 'experts', why not quote the many 'expert' books entitled "BRITAIN IN EUROPE" - eg Seton-Watson (1945), Fukuda (1973), Spybey (1997)? 'In Europe' means 'a part of', yes?
 * Your feeble reference to Joll didn't work for me and I doubt persuaded anyone else. If you really believe that Britain is in some way NOT a part of Europe, you'll need to try harder. 81.155.74.89 (talk) 22:06, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Concert "failed" by 1923?
This seems a bit one-sided. There were still some congresses to come and arguably, the concert only really ended with that different kind of international cooperation evidenced by the Hague Convention.Selfstudier (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2019 (UTC)