title: Resilience in the Polish-Russian Borderlands amid Russia’s War on Ukraine
abstract: The chapter explores how people have survived and lived together in the Polish-Russian border region, particularly since the onset of the war against Ukraine. This border holds significant importance not only because it marks the boundary between the EU and a non-EU country, but also because Kaliningrad serves as a strategic military base. The author examines the behaviour of ordinary residents in this region across various periods of both closed and open borders, spanning from 1945 to 2024. Whi
journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics