{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/699e36ed123f974082087563/69a1dd9847697ac803747996?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Locarno Treaties – Part 4: Europe’s uneasy calm after Locarno","description":"For a brief moment, Europe dared to hope. The ink was dry on the Locarno Treaties, and the continent exhaled. But peace in Europe was a delicate thing—one tremor could shatter it.\r\n\r\nIn the years after Locarno, optimism swept the capitals. Germany was welcomed back into the League of Nations in nineteen twenty-six, ending years of isolation. France and Belgium felt safer behind their guaranteed borders. Trade and investment flowed more freely, and the late nineteen twenties saw economic growth and a sense of renewal. The diplomats who crafted Locarno—Stresemann, Briand, and Chamberlain—became symbols of a new kind of leadership. For their efforts, the world honored them with the Nobel Peace Prize.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/locarno-treaties","author_name":"The Archive Network"}