Modern International System
I. Classical Balance of Power Thirty Years’ War
I. Classical Balance of Power (cont.) Sovereignty Realism Balance of Power Multipolarity War of Spanish Succession War of Austrian Succession Seven Years’ War French Revolution 1789
I. Classical Balance of Power (cont.) Bipolarity-Napoleonic Wars
II. Vienna SystemII. Vienna System Treaty of Vienna Concert of Europe Great Powers Multipolarity
II. Vienna System (cont.)II. Vienna System (cont.) Crimean War
II. Vienna System (cont.)II. Vienna System (cont.) Franco-Prussian War
II. Vienna System (cont.)II. Vienna System (cont.) World War I (1914)
II. Vienna System (cont.)II. Vienna System (cont.) Post WWI (1919)
III. Treaty of VersaillesIII. Treaty of Versailles League of Nations Idealism Interwar Years
III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.)III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.) East Asia 1939Europe
III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.)III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.) VE Day May 8, 1945 Europe
III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.)III. Treaty of Versailles (cont.) VJ Day September 2, 1945 East Asia
IV. Post-War OrderIV. Post-War Order Bretton Woods Conference 1944 International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Yalta Conference UN Conference San Francisco June 26, 1945 UN Charter October 24, 1945
V. Cold WarV. Cold War Truman Doctrine March 1947 Tight Bipolarity Détente Loose Bipolarity Tight Bipolar Loose Bipolar
V. Cold War (cont.)V. Cold War (cont.) Europe during Cold War (circa 1970s)
V. Cold War (cont.)V. Cold War (cont.) Post Cold War
VI. Post Cold WarVI. Post Cold War 9/11/90 New World Order Multilateral 9/11/01 War Against Terror Bipolar