Appeasement in politics is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power with the intention of avoiding conflict or war. It is most famously associated with the British foreign policy in the 1930s, particularly under Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who sought to prevent another large-scale war by conceding to some of Nazi Germany's demands, such as in the Munich Agreement of 1938 where parts of Czechoslovakia were ceded to Germany
. The policy was motivated by widespread anti-war sentiment following the trauma of World War I, economic difficulties like the Great Depression, and some belief that appeasing fascist powers might prevent communism or further conflict. However, appeasement has been widely criticized for emboldening aggressive powers, as it failed to prevent World War II and is often seen as rewarding aggression rather than deterring it
. In summary, appeasement politics involves trying to maintain peace by yielding to some demands of a hostile power, but historically it has been viewed as a flawed strategy that underestimated the aggressor's ambitions and ultimately led to greater conflict
