RUSSIA’S INTENTIONS BEHIND MODERN WEAPON AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE KALININGRAD OBLAST

Abstract

States are determined to maintain or improve their position in the international arena. In order to achieve the intended position, they need the right potential to be a leader and to be able to influence and implement their own policies, or even to manipulate states. The theory of the power of states in the classical approach indicates the factors influencing the potential of the state. Adopting a list of factors from M. Sułek’s formal model, the author puts forward the thesis that the Russian Federation, through the systematic strengthening of the Kaliningrad Oblast in military and technological terms, may have an impact on reducing the potentials of the states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as on reducing the level of security and destabilizing the Baltic Sea region. The article uses theoretical methods of analysis, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis, synthesis of obtained information, abstraction and inference. The collected data and analyses in the conducted research process allowed for a positive verification of the thesis.