The Romanian Borders under the Pressure of the Soviet-Yugoslav Conflict

摘要

This article's aim is to present the particular case of Romania’s bordersituation with Yugoslavia between 1948 and roughly 1955-56 as anextreme example of the “Westphalian culture of border control”, withinthe larger framework of the totalitarian communist model of managingone's borders. This will be achieved by evaluating the manner in whichthe Romanian border defence system was influenced by the politicaltensions that appeared between the Soviet Union and Tito’s Yugoslavia.Drawing on a strong and aggressive political discourse, implementedwithin the new border defence organization and structure, the philosophyof “internal detention”, so typical of communist totalitarianism, wasenhanced by the Romanian authorities, serving to consolidate the regimeat the same time.