Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)

The most salient features of Spanish foreign policy from 1874 were inaction, extreme dependence with respect to the great European powers, and a belief that it must necessarily be an adjunct of the particular and unwavering goals of the Restoration regime. Nevertheless, in the course of the year 190...

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Main Author: Francisco Manuel Pastor Garrigues
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Language:Spanish
Published: Casa de Velázquez 2011-04-01
Series:Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/3925
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description The most salient features of Spanish foreign policy from 1874 were inaction, extreme dependence with respect to the great European powers, and a belief that it must necessarily be an adjunct of the particular and unwavering goals of the Restoration regime. Nevertheless, in the course of the year 1900 the conservative Silvela cabinet embarked on an ambitious policy with regard to the colonial partitioning of the Moroccan Sultanate, far removed from the strategy of defence of the status quo in Morocco pursued by Cánovas. This line of policy consisted in seeking to take hold of the extensive territories in the south of the Sharifian Empire, Tarfaya and Sakia al-Hamra, with the aid of the British government. The central concept in this strategy was based on realpolitik, aimed as it was at protecting national security. However, it ultimately proved ill-fated owing to a lack of pragmatism and political vision on the part of Silvela, who was unable to offer Lord Salisbury’s government anything in return. The British proved highly reluctant to support the conservative government, as the Spanish initiative tended not to uphold the territorial status of the Sharifian Empire but to subvert it.
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spelling doaj-art-c4dce6f86dce4ae2a735a959d49ace0e2025-06-24T14:41:34ZspaCasa de VelázquezMélanges de la Casa de Velázquez0076-230X2173-13062011-04-0141121123110.4000/mcv.3925Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)Francisco Manuel Pastor GarriguesThe most salient features of Spanish foreign policy from 1874 were inaction, extreme dependence with respect to the great European powers, and a belief that it must necessarily be an adjunct of the particular and unwavering goals of the Restoration regime. Nevertheless, in the course of the year 1900 the conservative Silvela cabinet embarked on an ambitious policy with regard to the colonial partitioning of the Moroccan Sultanate, far removed from the strategy of defence of the status quo in Morocco pursued by Cánovas. This line of policy consisted in seeking to take hold of the extensive territories in the south of the Sharifian Empire, Tarfaya and Sakia al-Hamra, with the aid of the British government. The central concept in this strategy was based on realpolitik, aimed as it was at protecting national security. However, it ultimately proved ill-fated owing to a lack of pragmatism and political vision on the part of Silvela, who was unable to offer Lord Salisbury’s government anything in return. The British proved highly reluctant to support the conservative government, as the Spanish initiative tended not to uphold the territorial status of the Sharifian Empire but to subvert it.https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/3925ColonialismFrancisco SilvelaLord SalisburyMoroccan questionSaharaSpanish-Moroccan relations
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Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez
Colonialism
Francisco Silvela
Lord Salisbury
Moroccan question
Sahara
Spanish-Moroccan relations
title Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
title_full Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
title_fullStr Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
title_full_unstemmed Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
title_short Las veleidades saharianas del gobierno Silvela (1900)
title_sort las veleidades saharianas del gobierno silvela 1900
topic Colonialism
Francisco Silvela
Lord Salisbury
Moroccan question
Sahara
Spanish-Moroccan relations
url https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/3925
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