S tate use of internal fortifications as mechanisms of power projection\, sub jugation\, and social control remains remarkably unchanged. Internal forti fications warrant particular scholarly attention because they create ideal conditions for state agents to violate the most basic rights of their own c itizens. Where internal fortifications are built\, they often fail to resol ve—indeed\, they often exacerbate—security issues. While political scientis ts have given short shrift to within-state fortifications\, studies of othe r fortifications—like border walls—suggest that military necessity is neith er their sole design nor primary consequence. Rather\, governments use fort ifications strategically to construct the texture of exclusion. I suggest states build internal fortifications in response to the groups and movement s most significantly challenging the idea of the state herself–i.e.\, the e xisting political order. Internal fortifications (e.g. walls\, checkpoints\ , closure obstacles\, guard towers\, and detention facilities) are the appa ratus of state surveillance\, discipline\, and punishment. Their presence v isualizes and disseminates the threat of state violence into the fabric of daily public and private life. Where fortifications are built\, they are am ong the most common means by which civilians interact with state violence\, which in turn shapes how civilians conceive of and resist the state itself . If internal fortifications enable a security policy that can violate more rights of citizens\, the policy rationale for where and how they are built is deserving of scholars’ scrutiny.
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