Assessing Kaliningrad's Geostrategic Role: The Russian Periphery and A Baltic Concern

Journal of Baltic Studies

Assessing Kaliningrad's Geostrategic Role: The Russian Periphery and A Baltic Concern




W. Alejandro Sanchez Nieto
Volume 42, Issue 4, 2011
pages 465-489
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Abstract
This paper discusses the geopolitical and geosecurity importance of the Russian oblast of Kaliningrad. In particular, the paper discusses the Moscow–Kaliningrad center–periphery relationship and how it contrasts with the oblast's place within the Baltic region, where it is regarded as a security issue by some states. This can be contrasted with how the Baltic region falls in NATO's security priorities. Thus, the goal is to address the ‘uses’ of Kaliningrad in the Russian-Greater Baltic and Russian-Washington/NATO relations.

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