KALININGRAD: the russian thorn in NATO's side
Kaliningrad oblast is a small Russian exclave overlooking the Baltic Sea, enclosed between Poland and Lithuania. After a brief historical overview, we will discuss its strategic significance and role in the context of the current tensions caused by the war in Ukraine.
Sources used:
A. S. Maass, "Kaliningrad: a dual shift in cooperation and conflict", East European Politics, 2020;
P. Aalto, "European Geopolitical Subject in the Making? EU, Russia and the Kaliningrad Question", 2010
I. Oldberg, "The Changing Military Importance of the Kaliningrad Region", The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 2009
M. J. Zieliński, "Kant’s Future: Debates about the Identity of Kaliningrad Oblast", Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, 2019