ABSTRACT
The process of European integration introduces a different perspective in enabling multiplicity and overlapping forms of governance. Instead of being doomed to the position of a hinterland, border areas such as Kaliningrad may become more central. Kaliningrad may be discriminated against on grounds of the many asymmetries that prevail or a problematic mixture between the "high politics" of Moscow and the "low politics" pursued locally. For Kaliningrad to achieve some subjectivity of its own and to avoid the danger of double peripheralization, it has to link up with something that has been there prior to the Soviet period. As Germany has been quite interested and active in pushing the borders of the European Union further east in Central Europe, one may expect that the post-territorial logic will sooner or later also be applied to Kaliningrad in a more active manner. A Lithuanian consulate was opened in Kaliningrad in 1994 and Kaliningrad has a trade representation in Vilnius.
