Indeed of the belligerent states in the Balkan Wars, only Serbia participated in the First World War from the outset ... since the Franco-German war of 1870-1. In short these years witnessed ...

World War One was one of the great turning points of ... But how and why did this crisis in the Balkans escalate into a bloody global conflagration? Professor Ferguson questions whether Britain ...

The situation began to change following the First Balkan War, when the Balkan League (Bulgaria ... patron among the Great Powers—preferably one that hated its treacherous former friends ...

As Balkan nations crack down on the multi-million-pound business of people smuggling, experts say there are lessons to be learned by the UK. “One thing ... If the civil war resumes in Syria ...