{"id":1729,"date":"2025-05-02T04:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2025-05-02T04:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:54:25","slug":"kaliningrad-the-tiny-bit-of-russia-that-threatens-the-west-mapped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"Kaliningrad: The tiny bit of Russia that threatens the West | Mapped Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With tensions running high between Russia and NATO, one small piece of land is the focus for military strategists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>00:00 Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01:12 Russia&#8217;s outpost in the West<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>05:03 From Prussia to Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>09:20 The Suwalki Gap: NATO&#8217;s weak point<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:18 The war in Ukraine&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:04 The Baltic Sea: A NATO lake?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:25 A launchpad for hybrid attacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaliningrad: The tiny bit of Russia that threatens the West\u00a0| Mapped\u00a0Out\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/44Fot5C4hs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With tensions running high between Russia and NATO, one small piece of land is the focus for military strategists.&nbsp;&nbsp; Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:12 Russia&#8217;s outpost in the West 05:03 From Prussia to Russia 09:20 The Suwalki Gap: NATO&#8217;s weak point 11:18 The war in Ukraine&nbsp; 12:04 The Baltic Sea: A NATO lake? 13:25 A launchpad for hybrid attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1730,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}