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TY - JOUR
T1 - Kaliningrad
T2 - A Dual Shift in Cooperation and Conflict
AU - Maass, Anna-Sophie
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in East European Poliitics on 14/05/2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2020.1763313
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Poland's accession to NATO in 1999 undermined Russian-NATO relations. A similar contestation occurred before the EU's eastern enlargement when the transit of Russians to and from Kaliningrad was a contentious topic in EU-Russian diplomacy. Currently Russia's deployment of missiles in Kaliningrad is a security concern. This article argues that NATO's security concerns replaced EU-Russian contestation about visa liberalisation as the main source of conflict in their relationship. It demonstrates that the case of Kaliningrad reflects a dual shift from a contested to a fluid boundary in EU-Russian relations, and from a contested to a solid boundary in NATO-Russian relations.
AB - Poland's accession to NATO in 1999 undermined Russian-NATO relations. A similar contestation occurred before the EU's eastern enlargement when the transit of Russians to and from Kaliningrad was a contentious topic in EU-Russian diplomacy. Currently Russia's deployment of missiles in Kaliningrad is a security concern. This article argues that NATO's security concerns replaced EU-Russian contestation about visa liberalisation as the main source of conflict in their relationship. It demonstrates that the case of Kaliningrad reflects a dual shift from a contested to a fluid boundary in EU-Russian relations, and from a contested to a solid boundary in NATO-Russian relations.
KW - EU
KW - NATO
KW - Kaliningrad
KW - nuclear missiles
KW - Russia
KW - security
U2 - 10.1080/21599165.2020.1763313
DO - 10.1080/21599165.2020.1763313
M3 - Journal article
VL - 36
SP - 515
EP - 528
JO - East European Politics
JF - East European Politics
SN - 2159-9165
IS - 4
ER -