THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)

Armend Mehmeti

Makale detayları

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)

Yazarlar:

Armend Mehmeti

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Avrupa ve Bölge Çalışmaları | Uluslararası Siyaset | Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.11 Issue 32, pp.91-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318350

pISSN:

2667-4866

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Özet:

 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 countrys 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 Albanias 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.

 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 countrys 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 Albanias 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.

 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 countrys 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 Albanias 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.

 Birinci Dünya Savaşı petrolün, yalnızca endüstriyel gelişme için değil aynı zamanda ulusal güvenlik için de belirleyici bir faktör haline geldiğini kanıtladı. Birinci Dünya Savaşından sonra Büyük Güçler, petrol çıkarma ve işleme konusunda gerekli teknolojik araçlara sahip olmayan ülke ve bölgelerdeki petrol yataklarını elde edebilmek için rekabete girdi. Birinci Dünya Savaşının tahrip ettiği, ülkesinin bağımsızlığını ve toprak bütünlüğünü korumaya çalışan Arnavutluk hükümeti, İngiliz şirketlerine petrol imtiyazı verilmesi yönündeki İngiliz hükümetinin önerisini memnuniyetle karşıladı. Ancak verilen bu imtiyaz, Arnavutluka ekonomik nüfuz etmeyi amaçlayan İtalyanın muhalefetiyle karşılaştı. Böylece İngiltere ve İtalya arasında aşırı bir diplomatik rekabet gelişti ve bu rekabet 1925te siyasi uzlaşmayla sona erdi. Araştırma, öncelikle Britanyanın bakış açısını kullanarak, Britanya ile İtalya arasında Arnavutluk petrolü konusundaki anlaşmazlığın kökeni, gelişimi ve sonuçları incelenmiş ayrıca petrolün her iki devletin Arnavutlukun dış politikasını nasıl etkilediğini ve bu rekabette Arnavutluktaki iç siyasi ortamın nasıl etkilendiği incelenmiştir. Bu makalede, karşılaştırmalı ve kronolojik bir metodoloji kullanılmıştır. Bu yaklaşım, arşiv ve tarihsel belgelerin çağdaş edebiyatla birleşerek, tarihsel gelişmelerin adil bir şekilde yorumlanmasını sağlamaktadır. Bu makalede elde edilen bulgular sonucunda; iki savaş arası dönemdeki bölgesel gelişmelerin Büyük Güçlerin küresel politikalarının yalnızca bir bölümünü oluşturduğu sonucu ortaya çıktığı ifade edilebilir. Anahtar Kelime: Arnavutluk, Milletler Cemiyeti, Büyük Britanya, Petrol imtiyazları, İngiliz-Pers Şirketi, Mussolini, Zogu vb.

Makale detayları

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY ABOUT THE OIL CONCESSIONS IN ALBANIA (1925)

Yazarlar:

Armend Mehmeti

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Avrupa ve Bölge Çalışmaları | Uluslararası Siyaset | Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.11 Issue 32, pp.91-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318350

pISSN:

2667-4866

Albania

League of Nations

Great Britain

oil concessions

Anglo-Persian Company

Mussolini

Zogu

etc.Arnavutluk

Milletler Cemiyeti

Büyük Britanya

Petrol imtiyazları

İngiliz-Pers Şirketi

Mussolini

Zogu vb

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Armend Mehmeti

Yayıncı: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar: Avrupa ve Bölge Çalışmaları | Uluslararası Siyaset | Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi: Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.11 Issue 32, pp.91-100

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001318350

pISSN: 2667-4866

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Armend Mehmeti

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Avrupa ve Bölge Çalışmaları | Uluslararası Siyaset | Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.11 Issue 32, pp.91-100

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001318350

pISSN:

2667-4866