ACTIVITY OF BRITISH PERSIA COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO ANGLO-RUSSIAN RIVALRY IN PERSIA (1908-1913)

Abstract

The article analyses the activity of Persia Committee (the British parliamentary body aimed to preserve Persia’s independence and going to change the British policy towards Russia and Persia) in 1908-1913. The author identifies the attitude of the Committee members to various aspects of the Anglo-Russian conflict on the Persian issue, to Russia as an opponent, to Persia as a victim of colonial expansion. The paper considers the influence of parliamentary committees and non-parliamentary public associations on the formation of the British foreign policy at the beginning of the XX century.

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Publication history

• Received: October 4, 2018.
• Published: December 28, 2018.

Keywords

• англо-российский конфликт
• Персидский комитет
• Персидское общество
• Персия
• Россия
• внешняя политика
• Anglo-Russian conflict
• Persia Committee
• Persia Society
• Persia
• Russia
• foreign policy

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