Baltic-to-Black-Sea·Oct 21Kaliningrad's isolation is NATO's new baltic problemWith Finland and Sweden inside the alliance, the Baltic Sea is now an allied lake on paper — but Russia's 11,000-square-kilometre exclave…A response icon1A response icon1
Johnrraymondesq·Oct 13From Kaliningrad to Operationalization — How the Byzantine General’s Problem Simplifies but Also…In the responses to my article, Why Russia Is Suddenly So Nervous About Kaliningrad, several readers raised questions I cannot answer. Some…
Johnrraymondesq·Oct 5Why Russia Is Suddenly So Nervous About KaliningradRussia is rattling the nuclear saber over Kaliningrad because something changed.A response icon44A response icon44
Illia Weisser·Oct 4Kaliningrad: Does Russia Have Reason to Worry?Western generals explain how they could destroy Kaliningrad’s defences; Russia warns what an attack would bring.A response icon10A response icon10
Baltic-to-Black-Sea·Oct 1Lithuania bets on drones and conscription as kaliningrad rhetoric sharpensVilnius is expanding its military to 12,000 active troops and training civilians to fly FPV drones, while Moscow warns that isolating…
Illia Weisser·Sep 23Europe Wants Peace. So Why Is It Building for War?Europe says it wants security. Its priorities suggest a much longer confrontation.A response icon4A response icon4
InThe Promethean ReportbyPromeuraz·Aug 21Russia’s Strategic OutpostsVolume 1, Issue 9: Kuril Islands, Kaliningrad, Abkhazia
Power Meridian·Jun 27The suwałki gap shows why linear power still beats networked deterrenceNATO’s 60-mile corridor between Belarus and Kaliningrad exposes the gap between alliance rhetoric and the raw geography of reinforcement.
Denis Bettiger·May 19The Curonian Spit: Where Pine Forest Meets a Desert of SandA one-day route along the Russian part of the spit — from the entrance to the Lithuanian border
InThe Dock on the BaybyJames Marinero, MSc, MBA.·Feb 18NATO War Game: Russia Could Seize Lithuania in Days via KaliningradA recent German simulation exposes alliance hesitation, hybrid tactics, and the risks to Baltic security as Russia uses ‘humanitarian…A response icon8A response icon8