Constructing Easternness and settling new frontiers in Europe: again about the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
Constructing Easternness and settling new frontiers in Europe: again about the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at challenging the opinions overemphasizing the role of Yalta in constructing “Eastern Europe” in the way the public knew it after 1945/1948. This paper traces the roots of this mental and political construction back to 1939 and to the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact concluded on August 23rd. This paper is also searching for an answer to some questions regarding the constraints and opportunities facing the minor powers in a world dominated by great powers (be they clashing or cooperating with each other).

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