Of all the diplomatic forms or fictions which have latterly been described, it may be observed that the uniform tendency is for the weaker to crystallize into the harder shape. Spheres of Interest tend to become Spheres of Influence ; temporary Leases... Frontiers - Page 47by Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - 1907 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1908 - 1054 pages
...of protectorates, spheres of influence and of interest. Of this latter category as a whole he says : Of all the diplomatic forms or fictions which have...it might at first sight appear; it is in reality an endeavor, sanctioned by general usage, to introduce formality and decorum into proceedings which, unless... | |
| Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - 1908 - 68 pages
...Influence ; temporary Leases to become perpetual; Spheres of Influence to develop into Pro- \ tectorates ; Protectorates to be the forerunners of ) complete incorporation. The process is not so immoral i as it might at first sight appear; it is in reality an endeavour, sanctioned by general usage, to... | |
| Jonathan Haslam - 2002 - 278 pages
...crystallize into the harder shape. Spheres of Interest tend to become Spheres of Influence; temporary Leases become perpetual; Spheres of Influence to develop...Protectorates; Protectorates to be the forerunners of complete incorporation."61 Meanwhile the German school of Geopolitics evolved a separate existence from this... | |
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