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“The Berlin Congress (1878) failed to unlock the Eastern Question. Though there was no major war in Europe for nearly three decades after the Treaty of Berlin, it contained the seeds of many future wars.” Critically evaluate.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Nation-State System

The Congress of Berlin (1878), summoned under Bismarck's presidency to revise the Russian-dictated Treaty of San Stefano, purchased a generation of general peace at the price of leaving the Eastern Question structurally unresolved.

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  • How the Congress Failed to Resolve the Underlying Question
  • The Seeds of Future Wars Sown at Berlin
  • Was the "Failure" Total, or a Genuine Achievement Within Limits?
  • Conclusion

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