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... Kaliningrad region has been drawing attention of many researchers in different fields. Yet the prospects for cooperation between the region and neighbouring communities in Poland and Lithuania, which once constituted an integrated social, economic and political space, remain unclear. Media analysts and scholars alike tend to view the Kaliningrad region as “double periphery”, since it is excluded from major modernisation processes both in the European integration zone and in the Russian Federation....

This article argues that urban poverty pockets emerged in Poland in the course of the system transformation towards capitalism. The main poverty drivers were the three overlapping processes: de-industrialization, ‘dewelfarization’ and de-institutionalization of the family accompanied by the devolution of social care management from the central to the local government. The enclaves of poverty emerged as a result of better-off residents leaving dilapidated blocks of flats and both spontaneous and deliberate...

... of European integration though it has a rather ambiguous nature. The Law on the Common Market, which aims to increase the economic efficiency of the EU, became a subject of extensive discussions among researchers suggesting that its viability at the political and socio-economic levels depends on a fair distribution of gains among the countries and regions of the Community. These discussions resulted in a considerable increase in funding allocated for the development of the EU regions from the EU ...

... as well as prospects for the introduction of a visa-free regime between the EU and Russia. The authors provide a historical overview of cooperation in this area and consider problems and prospects of visa liberalization from the economic, legal, and political perspectives. The analysis draws on primary sources such as the EU and Russia’s legislation, EU — Russia agreements on visa facilitation and readmission, visa statistics, expert interviews, as well as analytical reports and research works ...

... of energy security of the countries of East Baltic, which depend heavily on a single energy supplier — Russia. In recent years, the countries of the region have announced several LNG terminal construction projects. The European Union will provide political and financial support to only one of these projects. The paper explores the role of gas and energy in the economy of the Eastern Baltic countries. The author concludes that the countries mostly dependent on Russian gas are Lithuania and Latvia....

Cross-border cooperation as a type of interregional interaction is becoming a significant factor in the development of border regions. It can be viewed as a result of intensification of cross-border contacts and greater economic openness of cross-border regions. Thus, the roots of current development are quite easy to pinpoint. However, assessment of the impact of cross-border cooperation on the development of border regions appears to be a research challenge. In this paper, we offer an approach...

... ["Water card" in a global world], Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta. Serija 6: Filosofija. Kul'turologija. Politologija. Pravo. Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija [Bulletin of St. Petersburg University. Ser. 6: Philosophy. Cultural Studies. Political science. Right. International relations], no. 3. p. 53—62. 5. Kochtcheeva, L. V. 2009, Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia: Institutions, Flexible Instruments and Governance, Albany, State University of New ...

... century until the present. The article analyses the spatial, geopolitical and geochronopolitical characteristics of the region, as well as the models of intercivilisational interaction between Europe and Eurasia. The author addresses the issue of the political identity of the region and its ability to play an independent role in the world politics. 1. Abu-Lughod, J. 1989, Before European Hegemony: The World-System A. D. 1250—1350, N. Y., Oxford university. 2. Halecki, O. 1980, Borderlands of Western ...

... santykiai 1919—1939 m, Vilnius 16. Žepkaitė, R. 1983, Litovsko-pol'skie otnoshenija v 1919—1939 gg. i ih mesto v politicheskoj konstelljacii Severo-Vostochnoj Evropy [Lithuanian-Polish relations in the years 1919—1939 and their place in the political constellation of the North-Eastern Europe], Vilnius. 17. Žiugžda, R. 1983, Lietuva imperialistinių vlastibių planuose 1917—1940, Vilnius. 18. Grishin, Ja. Ja. 2005, Neobychnyj ul'timatum [An unusual ultimatum], Kazan. 19. Mihutina, I. ...

... [Management consulting], no. 3, p. 46—50. 2. Bigo, D. 1996, Polices en réseaux. L’expérience européenne. Paris, Presses de Sciences Po. 3. Lavenex, S. 2006, Shifting up and out: the foreign policy of European immigration control, West European Politics, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 329—350. 4. Guild, E., Bigo, D. 2003, Le visa Schengen: expression d’une stratégie de «police» à distance, Cultures & Conflits, no. 49, p. 22—37. 5. Icard, P. 2003, Immigration, mondialisation: histoire d’un paradoxe ...

The paper demonstrates the first attempt in Russian political studies to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the “twin city” movement as a form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic region. This phenomenon emerged as a result of a global tendency towards more active involvement of municipal units ...

The article focuses on the state frontier in European and Russian political cultures as a major instrument for developing trans-border regional cooperation. The term ‘state frontier’ is defined through a prism of regional integration processes. The authors examine the role of trans-border relations between Russia ...

... Lithuanian Commonwealth (earlier the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) in the 16th—17th centuries. The author emphasizes the factors, which affected the choice of institutional development trajectory, and considers the influence exerted by these institutes on the political and military development of these states. This article shows how the contingent property rights in Moscovy turned out to be competitive in the conditions of a considerable contribution of decentralization factors to defence capacity and, opposite ...

... Research, no. 1048, University of London. 3.Bruszt, L. 2000, Constituting Markets: The Case of Russia and Check Republic.In: Dobry, M. (eds), Democratic and Capitalist Transitions in Eastern Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 4. Drazen, A. 2000, Political Economy in Macroeconomics, Princeton, Princeton University Press. 5. Economic expert, available at: http://www.economicexpert.com/ (accessed 05 September 2011). 6. Gagliardi, F. 2008, Institutions and economic change: A critical survey of ...

... The EU-Russia readmission-visa facilitation nexus: an exportable model for Eastern Europe?, European Security, no. 19 (4),p. 569—584. 16. Lavenex, S., Schimmelfennig, F. 2009, EU Rules beyond EU borders? Theorizing External Governance in European Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, no. 16 (6), September 2009, p. 791—812. 17. Potemkina, O. 2005, A ’Friendly Schengen Border’ and Illegal Migration: The Case of the EU and its Direct Neighbourhood. In: DeBardeleben, J. (ed.), Soft ...

This article presents an overview of the principal intellectual alternatives of today regarding the role and place of Russia in the social and political spaces of the former Baltic republics, which were articulated in the course of international expert discussions and round tables at the IKBFU. Smirnov Vadim, Sutyrin Vyacheslav 10.5922/2079-8555-2011-2-15 125-130 elite, Baltic States,...

This paper analyzes the features of the global financial crisis in the Baltic states, shows the differences between the countries in the process of its development, and examines changes in the mass consciousness of the political establishment in the countries considered. 1. Baltijskij kurs. 1996. № 2. [online] Available at: <http://www. baltic-course.com/rus/> (Accessed 11 January 2011). 2. Baltijskij kurs. 2009. № 1. [online] Available at: <http://www....

... =IP/10/702& format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en> (Accessed 22 July 2010). 18. Joenninemi, P. 2002. Can Europe be told from the North? Tapping into the EU’s Northern Dimension. COPRI Working Paper, № 12. 19. Joenniemi, P. 2000. Changing politics along Finland’s borders: from Norden to the Northern Dimension. In: P. Ahponen (ed.). Tearing down the curtain, opening the gates: Northern boundaries in change. 20. Lipponen, P.1998. The European Union needs a policy for the Northern Dimension....

1.  Aleksandrov, D. Uchenye bez nauki. Institucional'nyj analiz sfery // POLIT. RU. 2006. 6 marta. [online]. http://www.polit.ru/science/2006/03/ 06/ aleksandrov. html/> [Accessed 25 Juni 2010]. Klemeshev Andrey, Gareev Timur 10.5922/2079-8555-2010-3-12 81-88

... scientific and entrepreneurial) ones. The authors discuss prospects of the strategic development of the university in the Russian exclave. 1.      Aleksandrov D. Uchenye bez nauki. Institucional'nyj analiz sfery // Pub­lich­nye lekcii na «Polit. ru». [online] Available at: < http://www.polit. ru/sci­en­ce/2006/03/ 06/ aleksandrov. html > [Accessed 5 July 2010] 2.      Dezhina, I., Kiseleva, V. 2007. Voprosy ekonomiki, № 12, pp. 123—135. 3.      Poholkov, Ju. P....

... sense. In: N. A. Dmitrieva, A. G. Zha­voronkov, A. N. Kruglov and V. A. Chaly, eds. Sochineniya po antropologii, filosofii po­litiki i filosofii religii v trekh tomakh. T. 1: Sochineniya po antropologii [Essays on anthro­po­logy, philosophy of Politics and philosophy of religion in three volumes. Vol. 1: Essays on Anthropology]. Kaliningrad, pp. 162—396 (in Russ.). Kecskes, I., 2014. Intercultural Pragmatics . Oxford. Liedke, M. and Knapp-Potthoff, A., 1997. Einleitung. In: A. Knapp-Potthoff ...

... through Lithuania, the militarization of the region, and threats of a maritime blockade. It examines the evolution of policies pursued by the Baltic states aimed at isolating the region, as well as Russia’s response measures, including military and political actions. Particular attention is paid to the region’s economic adaptation, including the development of maritime transport, energy security, and the search for new logistics routes under the impact of sanctions. The growing importance of the ...

... using articles from the authoritative online news outlet The Ecologist as empirical material. Six key content analysis categories for media ecological discourse were formulated: “Environmental Initiatives,” “Global Environmental Issues,” “Politics,” “Consequences of the Ecological Crisis for Humans,” “Reviews of Books, Films, and Podcasts on Environmental Topics,” and “Investments.” Subcategories corresponding to the themes of the articles were identified for each of the ...

... provided of Switzerland as a repre­sentative case of de facto membership and the United Arab Emirates as a country currently only negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU. The study substantiates the conclusion that the EU leadership prioritizes the political dimension of the de facto membership model in its relations with third countries, often at the risk of undermining further cooperation. European integration, differentiated integration, de facto member­ship, foreign policy alignment,...

The article presents the results of a political science analysis of the relationship between cybersecurity and Russia’s information sovereignty, with a focus on the role of domestic digi­tal technologies in ensuring national security. Theoretical approaches to the concept of infor­mation ...

... Petersburg provides a favorable environment for implementing the proposed initiatives, which are expected to increase the number of stable family unions, improve parental competence, and strengthen intergenera­tional ties. family, values, traditions, politics, fertility 105-122 10.5922/vestnikhum-2026-1-8

... mechanisms of interstate coordination. Successful implementation of the corridor is possible only through the consolidation of efforts by all participating countries, particularly within frameworks such as BRICS, and the attraction of substantial investment. Political will and readiness for compromise are recognized as no less important than financial resources. The INSTC remains a project with high ambitions, but its transformation into a competitive global transport artery depends on the ability of the ...

Using the example of Randal MacDonnell, Earl and Marquess of Antrim, the article ex­amines the specific features of the attitude of the English political establishment during the period of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate toward representatives of the Irish Catholic community. During the years of the First Civil War, this aristocrat was an ardent supporter of the monarchy and provided armed ...

... of Kant’s image into the cultural memory of Kaliningrad residents, it retains a conflicting potential: there is a layer of “activists” in the region who perceive Kant as a foreign symbol, leading to “memorial clashes.” cultural memory, politics of memory, places of memory, commemorative practices, Kaliningrad Region, Immanuel Kant 83-95 10.5922/sikbfu-2023-4-8

The article presents a brief biography of Friedrich Münzer (1868—1942), a prominent German historian of Antiquity, a expert in Roman political history. Throughout his life, Münzer taught at the universities of Basel, Königsberg, and Münster, demonstrating high creative activity and publishing numerous works on ancient history. His fate was tragic. Münzer became one of the victims ...

Estonia’s language policy sparks serious debates in the academic community, further complicated by the politically charged nature of the topic. In the works of Estonian authors, there is unequivocal postulation of Russia’s influence on Estonian society, while relatively little attention is given to the Russian-speaking minorities themselves. Domestic ...

... various spheres of social communication: language, onomastic, objects of material culture. Definition of the ways to express loyalty that is the purpose of the article allows to characterize the comprehension of Old Prussians their own status in new political conditions. For this purpose by the using of the old comparative-historical, typological and diachronous-synchronous methods were re­sear­ched both written sources and funds from the Old Prussian necropolis. It allows to define that Old Prus­sians ...