Assignment #2: France and Russia Case Study

1. Assignment #2: France and Russia Case Study • Realpolitik and “Reform from Above” Label a piece of binder paper “France and Russia Case Study”

2. France : A “Responsive Nation State” • What is Realpolitik? • How does Napoleon III embody Realpolitik? • What does it mean to be a “responsive nation state?”

3. Realpolitik – the “politics of reality” Leaders in the second half of the 19th century used power politics to achieve foreign policy goals but did not hesitate to use liberal tactics to maintain power at home.

4. Napoleon III and the Second French Empire

5. Across the continent, the Revolutions of 1848 had failed. The forces of liberalism and nationalism had appeared to have been decisively defeated as authoritarian governments reestablished their control almost everywhere in Europe by 1850. And yet within 25 years, many of the goals sought by the liberals and the nationalists during the first half of the nineteenth century seemed to have been achieved. National unity became a reality in Italy and Germany while many European states were governed by constitutional monarchies, even though the constitutional-parliamentary features were sometimes facades. All the same, these goals were not achieved by liberal and nationalist leaders but be a new generation of conservative leaders who were proud of being practitioners of Realpolitik, the “politics of reality”.

6. Napoleon III 1849-1870 Initial Popularity in Post 1848 Revolutionary France

7. Life in the “Second Empire” • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5cvAJcPBlk Why is rebuilding a city an example of being a responsive leader? How does it benefit Napoleon’s power?

8. Just like his famous uncle- gets involved in lots of wars…Stay tuned for Napoleon playing a role in the following: • Crimean War • Italian Unification • Franco-Prussian War KEEP IN MIND: RESPONSIVE DOESN’T MEAN PEACEFUL. REALPOLITIK DOESN’T MEAN PEACEFUL.