Rusijos Federacijos karinis tranzitas per Lietuvos Respublikos teritoriją
Military Transit of the Russian Federation Through the Territory of the Republic of Lithuania

Summary/Abstract: This study is set to prove that the military transit of the Russian Federation using the territory of the Republic of Lithuania to/from the Kaliningrad Oblast' of the Russian Federation is not a factor that could hamper Lithuania's Euro-Atlantic integration. In the introduction one can trace the extensive reference to a number of authors, such as Ronald D. Asmus and Robert C. Nurick of the RAND Corporation, or Lyndelle D. Fairlie of the US San Diego University, giving this topic more or less substantial scrutiny in their analyses. Some of them claim that military transit poses a threat to Lithuania's security and may become an obstacle in Lithuania's aspirations to join NATO. They think that military transit, once Lithuania becomes a NATO member, would become the Alliance's problem in its relations with Russia. Such logic implies one question: why should the Alliance need another problem in terms of relations with Russia? The authors put it clear that the military transit through Lithuania is not a factor that could hamper Lithuania's Euro-Atlantic integration. The literature discussed above provides the core arguments standing behind the military transit of the Russian Federation through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania as a problem. This study argues against the majority of these arguments.

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