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12 - From Augarten to Algiers

Security and ‘Piracy’ around the Congress of Vienna

from Part III - Threats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2019

By
Erik de Lange
Edited by
Beatrice de Graaf ,
Ido de Haan  and
Brian Vick
Beatrice de Graaf
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ido de Haan
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Brian Vick
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
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Summary

A crucial moment in the establishment of a European security culture was the bombardment of Algiers in 1816 by an Anglo-Dutch fleet, after which the Regent of Algiers was forced to sign a declaration renouncing the age-old practice of keeping captured Christian sailors for ransom. Against the dominant depiction of the Anglo-Dutch cooperation as a coincidence, this chapter argues that it was a carefully planned engagement based on shared security concerns. The Vienna settlement provided the context and main incentives for the Anglo-Dutch attack on Algiers. As such, this study of the connections between the Congress and the 1816 bombardment illustrates how peace in Europe fostered cooperative security practices that could bring about violence and destruction beyond the continent.

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piracybombardment of Algiers (1816)Anglo-Dutch relationsBarbary corsairsCongress of ViennaNorth African RegenciesOttoman RegenciesSir William Sidney Smith
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Securing Europe after Napoleon
1815 and the New European Security Culture
 , pp. 231 - 248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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