Why is Kaliningrad at the center of a new Russia-NATO faceoff?

Russia has threatened consequences for Lithuania after the NATO member state blocked transit of EU-sanctioned goods through its territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid, Dan Hamilton explains the new front in tensions between NATO and Russia and the potential for Russian escalation. 

Full show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3n9eWwX 

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