| dc.description.abstract | The report highlights the role of Kaliningrad in Russian politics, the relationship between Lithuania, Kaliningrad and
Russia in the EU and NATO enlargement processes, and finally, Russian policy towards the EU- and NATOenlargements
to the Baltics. The report concludes that Kaliningrad today, more than in the previous decade, can be seen
as an inclusive region under ferderal control in the economic area. Militarily, Russia has yet to formulate a clear policy
on Kaliningrad. Future Russian policy in general and the policy on Kaliningrad in particular will depend on the
development of the EU (on military cooperation and on enlargement) and on the dialogue between Russia and NATO
(on enlargement, on combating terrorism and other issues). Until today the relationlship between Lithuania and Russia
has for the most part been influenced by their common history in the Soviet Union, but will in the future to a larger
extent be influenced by Lithuania's increasing cooperation with the EU and NATO. | en_GB |