La política exterior española de 1907 a 1920: entre el regeneracionismo de intenciones y la neutralidad condicionada

Abstract

In 1907 Spain obtained an external guarantee for the security of its maritime possessions, main objective of its foreign policy after the 98. From then the Spanish diplomacy tried to practice a less conservative policy in its reduced scope of action, but it was limited by the predominant interests of the guarantors of its security —France and Britain— in that strategic surroundings, although occasionally it was favored by the differences between the partners of the Entente. When exploding the Great War the marginal position of Spain, together with its multiple limitations, conditioned its neutrality, imitation of its impotence in the international order. That forced neutrality stayed, although it was more and more benevolent with the allies, because the outer guarantee that these provided was much more essential —and irreplaceable— in the warlike context. In the immediate postwar period the new policy of intentions did not control to still more reduced manoeuvre margin, by the disappearance of the German counterbalance, in the international direction of Spain.