By G. Lowes Dickinson 1916  1. INTRODUCTION       Europe since the Fifteenth Century—Machiavellianism—Empire and the       Balance of Power  2. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND THE ENTENTE       Belgian Dispatches of 1905-14.  3. GREAT BRITAIN       The Policy of Great Britain—Essentially an Overseas Power  4. FRANCE       The Policy of France since 1870—Peace and Imperialism—Conflicting       Elements  5. RUSSIA       The Policy of Russia—Especially towards Austria  6. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY       The Policy o

1. Introduction . In the great and tragic history of Europe there is a turning-point that marks the defeat of the ideal of a world-order and the definite acceptance of international anarchy. That turning-point is the emergence of the sovereign State at the end of the fifteenth century. And it is symbolical of all that was to follow that at that point stands, looking down the vista of the centuries, the brilliant and sinister figure of Machiavelli. From that date onwards international policy has