Access the Impact of the Balkan Crisis on International Relations in the Decade Before WWI

International relations were either strengthened or damaged with the actions between 1904 and 1914. The five great powers all fought against each other to produce strength country or for the independence of a country.
The first of this conflict was for the independence of the Slavs from Austria-Hungary and Turkey. The Slavs wanted to break away from these major powers and become an independent country, of which they can govern themselves. The Slavs then looked towards Russia for help, as the Russians were also Slavs, to free the 22 millions Slavs from Austria-Hungary and the 14 million Slavs from Turkey. There had been calm between Austria-Hungary and Russia for 20 years up to the point of the Bosnian Crisis. But at the point that the Slavs turned to Russia, Austria-Hungary (AH) felt a sense of panic because if the Slavs got their independence then their country would collapse. There was a danger of a war between these two major countries but neither of them wanted to fight, so they made the Buchlou agreement. This allowed Russia to sail through the Straits into the Black Sea, so they could improve trade and travel into the Pacific Ocean.…