ODNOSI JUGOSLAVIJE SA ZAPADOM I TRSČANSKO PITANJE (1948. - 1954.)
YUGOSLAVIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE WEST AND THE TRIESTE ISSUE 1948 - 1954

Summary/Abstract: The solution of the Trieste issue and the demarcation between Yugoslavia and Italy in the mid-twenties exceeded the scope of bilateral relations between neighboring countries and was a relevant factor which could affect the existing balance of power in the world. After the Second World War the solution of this problem became a necessity without which Yugoslavia could not achieve the new foreign policy strategy it desired. This strategy centered on forming a wide basis of cooperation with west-European countries with the intention of breaking through the isolation in foreign relations which faced Yugoslavia after its conflict with the countries of the Cominform. However, the Yugoslav leaders were aware that close relations with the western world could endanger the country’s national independence and its political regime. As a result, they strove to maintain a balance between their actions in foreign policy and the inner conditions in Yugoslavia. The West was faced with a similar dilemma as to the extent to which it could cooperate with a communist country without jeopardizing Italy’s interests and those of the NATO's a whole. Consequently, the solution of this border crisis was determined by the contradictory political activity of the great powers, and the efforts on Yugoslavia’s part to elicit the most advantageous settle meant for itself in this situation.

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