Kaliningrad’s Toward Turn To Europe: How Crooked? How Far?
Kaliningrad’s Toward Turn To Europe: How Crooked? How Far?

Summary/Abstract: The problem of Kaliningrad, in the form it has emerged after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, stems from the region’s ambivalent economic position of being simultaneously inside and outside the EU territory, with no international regulations existing to reconcile this conflict. However, according to the author, this situation looks puzzling only regarding historical retrospective. In the context of post-modern realities and rapid erosion of the Westphalia system of world order, Kaliningrad just fits into the new type of regionalization based on transborder cooperation and translocal networking. As commonly recognized by experts, the only true perspective for Kaliningrad is its export-oriented integration into the EU economic space.

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