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Kaliningrad Oblast is a small Russian exclave bordering the Baltic Sea, nestled between Poland and Lithuania. After a brief historical overview, we'll discuss its strategic significance and its role in the current tensions caused by the war in Ukraine.

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Text by Alessandro Zambruno:
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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