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 -