Beware: Global Powers are Proactive NOW Russia Gets Crimea, Should Germany Get Kaliningrad?

Beware: Global Powers are Proactive NOW

Russia Gets Crimea, Should Germany Get Kaliningrad?

According to Moscow Times correspondent Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber some states are apparently more equal than others when it comes to correcting "mistakes" of the past. In its story of 21^st March he is refereeing President Vladimir Putin who said in his speech to the nation that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's decision to hand Crimea to the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic in 1954 was a "clear violation of the constitutional norms that were in place even then." Putin depicted the annexation of Crimea as correcting a "historical error," arguing that the region has played a vital role in Russia's history and culture for centuries.

So if it is the case will other global powers follows Moscow? The same correspondent in the story refers old capital of Prussian Germany, Kaliningrad near Baltic sea; Russian region of Kaliningrad, a historically German exclave that Germany lost to the Soviet Union in 1945 following the conclusion of World War II.

Than what will Turkey do? Will it claim territories of Ottoman Empire? Britain can also start day dreaming. It is indeed an endless effort. 100 years back we witnessed disintegration of several empires i-e Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Tsarist Russia and Prussian Germany  yet after 100 years situation is much different and if such tug of war starts its beneficiaries will be Transnational companies rather than Nation states. Keeping in mind Power of Capital and a weak UN system Global powers should not open the Pandora box of “correcting the historical errors”.

“Germany does not make claims on Kaliningrad, formerly known as Konigsberg, but some consider its status as a Russian territory erroneous, just as many Russians viewed Crimea's status as part of Ukraine. Inesis Feldmanis, head of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia, said he believed Kaliningrad's annexation by the Soviet Union was, similarly, "an error in history."

Situation is not as smart as Russian thinks. “A spokesman from Russia's Defense Ministry said in December 2013 that Russia had deployed nuclear-capable Iskander tactical ballistic missiles to Kaliningrad, putting the Baltic States and Poland on high alert. Putin later denied the ministry's statement.”

Global reshuffling will have impacts not only in Europe but also on other parts of the world. As in 21^st century US is far away from the sermons of Franklin Bingaman and Wilson’s neutrality so it will be hard to save her from the flames of reshuffling in this interdependent world. 

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/if-russia-gets-crimea-should-germany-get-kaliningrad/496558.html