In the Bosnian Crisis, coercion worked – both to get a state what it wanted and to prevent war. The crisis centers on a dispute between Austria–Hungary and Russia over a deal that concerns Bosnia. When things went awry and the threat of war arose, Germany presented the tsar with an ultimatum. Because Russia was still too weak after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, the tsar necessarily relented. He vowed privately, however, that he would never be humiliated in the face of a threat again; next time, he would not back down. Six years later (in 1914), he lived up to his vow. In accordance with the realist approach to international relations, this case shows that actors can successfully use coercion to address territorial disagreements (e.g., bring about territorial change) without that coercion leading to a war.