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THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)
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This article elaborates on the importance of oil in geopolitical issues, with a specific focus on interwar Albania. Since it proved to be a better solution than coal for transport and military purposes, oil became an issue of fierce competition between powers. The countries that lacked technology to process oil hoped to benefit politically and economically from oil concessions. It happened so with Albania. Devastated by World War I and trying to maintain the country's independence and territorial integrity, the Albanian government welcomed the British proposal to grant oil concessions to British companies. However, the granting of concessions met with the opposition of Italy, which aimed at economic penetration into Albania. Thus, Britain and Italy developed a fierce diplomatic rivalry that ended in 1925 with a political compromise. Using primarily the British perspective, this paper examines the origin, development and outcome of the conflict between Britain and Italy over Albanian oil; it examines how oil affected foreign policy of both states towards Albania and how these clashes affected Albania's internal political environment. The basic course of this article is a descriptive historical narrative methodology. The paper is structured in three thematic-chronological themes, besides the introduction. This approach combines historical and archival sources with contemporary literature to provide a fair interpretation of historical developments. As a result of the arguments presented in this paper, we have concluded that regional developments during the interwar period were only one segment of the global policies of the Great Powers.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Avrupa ve Bölge Çalışmaları, Uluslararası Siyaset, Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Erken Görünüm Tarihi
30 Mayıs 2024
Yayımlanma Tarihi
29 Mayıs 2024
Gönderilme Tarihi
30 Eylül 2023
Kabul Tarihi
29 Ocak 2024
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2024 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 32
APA
Mehmeti, A. (2024). THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925). Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(32), 91-100. https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY
AMA
1.Mehmeti A. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925). ASBİDER. 2024;11(32):91-100. https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY
Chicago
Mehmeti, Armend. 2024. “THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)”. Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 (32): 91-100. https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY.
EndNote
Mehmeti A (01 Mayıs 2024) THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925). Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 32 91–100.
IEEE
[1]A. Mehmeti, “THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)”, ASBİDER, c. 11, sy 32, ss. 91–100, May. 2024, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY
ISNAD
Mehmeti, Armend. “THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)”. Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11/32 (01 Mayıs 2024): 91-100. https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY.
JAMA
1.Mehmeti A. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925). ASBİDER. 2024;11:91–100.
MLA
Mehmeti, Armend. “THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)”. Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 11, sy 32, Mayıs 2024, ss. 91-100, https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY.
Vancouver
1.Armend Mehmeti. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925). ASBİDER [Internet]. 01 Mayıs 2024;11(32):91-100. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA75WU72LY
