Apple of Discord: Austria-Hungary, Serbia and the Bosnian Question 1867-71

Author: Armour, Ian D.

Source: The Slavonic and East European Review, Volume 87, Number 4, 1 October 2009 , pp. 629-680(52)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract:

This article explores the emergence of a Hungarian influence on the Habsburg Monarchy's foreign policy following the 1867 Ausgleich. Anxious to monitor the Monarchy's policy towards Russia and the Balkans in particular, Hungary's minister president Gyula Andrássy encouraged the government of Serbia to believe that it could be secured the administration of Ottoman Bosnia, and despite the opposition to this of the Monarchy's foreign minister, Count Beust. Based on extensive use of Serbian and Hungarian sources, including the Belgrade diary of the Hungarian diplomat Benjámin Kállay, the article shows how the predictable failure of this scheme laid the foundations for Austria-Hungary's takeover of Bosnia in 1878, and the subsequent poisoning of Austro-Serbian relations.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada

Publication date: 2009-10-01

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The Review is the oldest British journal in the field, having been in existence since 1922. Edited and managed by the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, it covers not only the modern and medieval languages and literatures of the Slavonic and East European area, but also history, culture, and political studies.