Review article
THE MILITARIZATION OF THE KALININGRAD REGION AS THE RUSSIAN ANSWER TO THE NATO PRESENCE IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Dominik Dujić
orcid.org/0009-0006-4398-4400
; Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
Abstract
NATO forces are deployed in 2016 on the territory of former Soviet countries, leading to the response of the Russian Federation and the militarisation of the Kaliningrad region, the most western part of it. Militarisation as the concept of national action to strengthen military power at the expense of other domains of society is characteristic of totalitarian regimes, but such a process within Europe becomes the basis for undermining the security situation. The basic intention here is to define the concept of militarism and then to illustrate NATO’s deployment in the Baltic States as a correlation link with the militarisation of the Russian Federation’s Kaliningrad Oblast. To this end, a case study of the Kaliningrad Oblast was carried out, which, in addition to a descriptive method and the use of secondary sources, provided insights into the baseline situation and the situation found in the militarisation period observed. Therefore, the article explores the organisation of the Kaliningrad region after NATO deployment and then breaks down the military capabilities of this area quantitatively and qualitatively, leading to the conclusion that the area has been militarised, focusing on the A2AD system and its qualitative value. Following a comparator with Crimea, which is currently used in support of offensive actions, the dangers of such action and the possible consequences of militarisation of the area thus exposed have been highlighted.
Keywords
Baltic countries; NATO; Russian Federation; Kaliningrad region; militarisation; Russian strategy; Crimea
Hrčak ID:
307652
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Publication date:
1.12.2022.
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