| Introduction |
7
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| Political Discourse
as Tale-telling |
9
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|
The
Four Tales |
14
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|
Königsberg, the Lost Land |
17
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|
Karaliaučius, the Promised Land - 1 |
18
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|
Królewiec |
20
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Kaliningrad, the Promised Land - 2 |
22
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|
Kaliningrad: A Practical View |
23
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Conclusions |
24
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| The Lithuanian Political
Discourse on Kaliningrad |
27
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|
The Lithuanian "Matryoshka" |
31
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|
Popular Opinion and Experts' Influence |
38
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Economic Discourse: A Window on Russia |
47
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| The Polish Perspective:
Not a Big Problem Anymore |
53
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| Kaliningrad in the Russian
Political Discourse: the Garrison, the Island, the Window |
63
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|
Hopes and Fears |
65
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|
Public Opinion and Experts' Advice |
73
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The Local Perspective: Struggling to Survive |
83
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| The European and US
Perspectives: Encirclement versus Integration |
99
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|
Public Opinion |
100
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|
A Kaliningrad Puzzle for Germany |
104
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Integrating Kaliningrad? |
109
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NATO Enlargement and the Geopolitical Anomaly |
115
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Solving the Kaliningrad Puzzle |
122
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| Conclusions |
125
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| References |
137
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| Acronyms |
145
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| Annexes |
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| 1. Description of the Kaliningrad Discrict
of the Russian Federation |
149
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| 2. Important dates of the City |
152
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| 3. The Settlement of the Post-WWII Kaliningrad
Border |
155
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