This article seeks to analyse the political and diplomatic effects of the outbreak of the First World War in the Iberian peninsula, considering the relationship of two small powers, Portugal and Spain, in the context of the political and diplomatic instability caused by the Sarajevo assassination in the summer of 1914, and the debates between neutrality and belligerency that occurred in both countries. Neutral and non‐belligerent societies had to legitimate themselves within total war; they had also to reflect on the role played by their respective nations and build an Iberian narrative to sustain it. The article proposes that Spanish neutrality and Portuguese non‐belligerency, until 1916, should be analysed in relation to the roles and challenges faced by small and medium powers during the First World War.

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从周边地区看第一次世界大战：西班牙和葡萄牙的案例（1914–1916）

本文力图分析第一次世界大战爆发在伊比利亚半岛的政治和外交影响，考虑到葡萄牙和西班牙这两个小国之间的关系，以及萨拉热窝在萨拉热窝被暗杀造成的政治和外交不稳定的背景下1914年夏天，两国发生了中立与好战之间的辩论。中立和不交战的社会必须在全面战争中使自己合法化。他们还必须反思各自国家所扮演的角色，并建立一个伊比利亚叙述来维持这一立场。文章建议，应分析一战之前中小国所面临的作用和挑战，直到1916年为止西班牙的中立和葡萄牙的非交战。