THE WORLD WAR I (1914 – 1918)

Diplomatic Discourse versus the Paradigm of the International relations

Abstract

The system of Balance of powers during the XIX century left behind numerous unresolved issues which were increasing their intensity for decades under the influence of the changes caused by the imperialism. Therefore, it is indisputable that the struggle of the Great Powers for allocation of the world territories, expressed by the projections for European and world hegemony, caused the nationalistic ideologies to cross over to their own aggressive transformation which led to the creation of a mass hysteria about economic supremacy between the old and the new states in Europe. This transformation conditioned the falling apart of the system of balance and at the same time, led to the big military clash in 1914, in which the Great Powers crossed their swords on the big chess table. They, stepping onto the international arena, with bigger or lesser capacity depending on the geostrategic positioning, took part in the first complete war clash executed a complete change in the international relations and forever changed the hitherto established rules of diplomatic play. For these reasons, the aim of this research is to show the main aortas which influenced this change on the international political stage.