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... of Latvia. Due to the country’s economic recession, migration has accelerated in the recent years. Empirical results show the response of the migration system to the changing internal factors and external influences in the times of transition and global crisis. Long-term emigration exacerbates the problem of demographic change in Latvia. 1. Apsite E., Krišjāne Z., Berzins M. Emigration from Latvia under economic crisis conditions // International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research....

International cluster is a relatively new form of spatial organisation of economy in the globalisation conditions, which has become a frequent phenomenon in European countries, including those of the Baltic region. It requires a comprehensive study of both regional economics and economic geography. This article aims to identify structured international clusters in the Baltic region and map the corresponding regions. The results obtained will make it possible to get a comprehensive idea of the aggregate...

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... E. D. 2009, Stanovlenie partijnoj sistemy v postsovetskoj Litve [The formation of the party system in post-Soviet Lithuania], Moscow, Knizhnyj dom «Librokom». 9. Kalev, L., Ruutsoo, R. 2009, Citizenship policies between Nation-state building and Globalization: Attitudes of the decision Makersin Estonia, Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol. 2, no. 1. 10. Kasatkina, N., Beresnevičiūtė, V. 2010, Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Lithuania, Ethnicity ...

... Research Report, no. 1, December 2012. 3. Bank of Finland 2012. Russia wants to quintuple its shipbuilding output by 2030, 2012, BOFIT Weekly, no. 46, November 16. 4. Bathelt, H., Malmberg, A., Maskell, P. 2004, Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 28, no. 1, p. 31—56. 5. Chiaroni, D. Chiesa, V. 2006, Forms of creation of industrial clusters in biotechnology, Technovation, no. 26, p. 1064—1076. 6. Doing ...

Network cooperation — the most efficient form of unlocking the economic and natural potential of territories — is rapidly developing in Russia under the influence of global processes. Due to its unique geopolitical position, the Kaliningrad region is one of the regions where such networks develop at both the regional and international levels. When studying such forms of cooperation, the traditional methods of social ...

In light of some new aspects of the EU functioning, particularly, the recovery from the 2008-2009 global crisis, transportation and energy development projects are coming to the forefront in the Baltic region. At the same time, there is a need to consider EU’s recent adoption of a common seven-year financial program (2014—2020), which serves, ...

... Russia and the EU in the energy sector by 2050], 2011, Moscow, 29 July, available at: http://minenergo.gov.ru/upload/medialibrary/652/6521c3074cbd19866612efa7d3caf28f.doc (accessed 17 March 2013). 8. Keohane, R. Power and Interdependence in a Partially Globalized World, 2002, New York, Routledge. 9. Slaughter, A.-M. 2004, A New World Order. Princeton, New York, Princeton University Press. 10. Rosenau, J. N., Czempiel, E.-O. (eds.) 1992, Governance Without Government: Order and Change in World Politic,...

... in the world], Geografija XXI veka: sbornik nauchnyh trudov [Geography XXI century: collection of scientific papers], Kaliningrad, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. 4. Klemeshev, A. P. 2007, Eksklavnost' v uslovijah globalizacii [Exclave in a globalized world], Kaliningrad, Immanuel Kant State University of Russia. 5. Fedorov, G. M., Zverev, Yu. M. 2002, Social'no-ekonomicheskoe i geopoliticheskoe razvitie Kaliningradskoj oblasti [Socio-economic and geopolitical development of the Kaliningrad ...

... ssrn. com/sol3/papers. cfm?abstract_id=946796 (accessed 17 January 2013). 4. Stromback, J., Dromacque, C. and Yassin, M. 2011, The potential of smart meter enabled programs to increase energy and system efficiency: a mass pilot comparison, VaasaETT Global Energy Think Tank, available at: http://www. esmig.eu/press/filestor/empower-demand-report. pdf (accessed 17 January 2013). 5. Vasconcelos, J. 2009, Energy regulation in Europe: regulatory policies and politics of regulation, European review ...

... the Visaginas NPP, as well as the way the EU and the Baltic States solve the problem of energy supply in case the NPP project is terminated. 1. The Making of the Baltic Ring, 2001, ABB Review, no. 2, p. 46—47, available at: http://www05.abb. com/global/scot/scot271.nsf/veritydisplay/ 30641aa1cc 265a0dc1256ddd00346da6/$File/44-48 %20M673 %20.pdf (accessed 24 March 2013). 2. ABB HVDC reference projects in Europe, ABB, available at: http://www. abb.com/industries/ap/db0003db004333/25de433ebeefd7e0c12574 ...

Integration is one of the main consequences of globalization. Elements of microsystems are growing closer, which brings to the foreground problems of interaction and — in a longer perspective — those of close cooperation between different social systems. The article considers the case of North-West ...

The current development of economic diplomacy in the world is determined by a combination of globalization and regionalization. In addition, it has an economic dimension. At the same time, the Baltic Sea region demonstrates large-scale politicisation of economic cooperation. The development of nuclear power in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea ...

This article explores Russian energy policy in the Baltic Sea region in the context of the world energy market globalization. The study focuses on the three Baltic States — Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — which have a similar geographical location and history. The dynamic development of the region as a whole is strongly influenced by the stability of energy ...

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... planning in the regions and cities of Russia: Resources for Development / reports of the participants of the anniversary X All-Russia Forum of Strategic Planning Leaders], St. Petersburg 17—19 October, 2011, St. Petersburg, Leont'evskij centr, 152 p. 5. Global City Indicators Facility, 2011, available at: www.cityindicators.org/Default.aspx (accessed 1 October 2012). 6. Parnreiter, C. 2009, Megacities in the Geography of Economic Governance, Die Erde, Vol. 140, no. 4, p. 371—390. 7. Taylor, P. J. ...

... [Polythematic Network electronic scientific journal of the Kuban State Agrarian University], no. 6 (60), p. 25—41, available at: http://ej.kubagro.ru/2010/06/pdf/03.pdf (accessed 15 November 2012). 23. Zverev, Yu. M. 2008, Globalizacija i Baltijskij region [Globalization and the Baltic Region], Cosmopolis, no. 2 (21), p. 60—67 24. Klastery v Pol'she. 1 izdanie. Varshava: Pol'skoe agentstvo razvitija predprinimatel'stva [Clusters in Poland. 1 edition. Warsaw: Polish Agency for Enterprise Development], ...

... factors. The article addresses the emergence and development of the modernisation idea in Russia. The relevance of this work lies in theidentification of the features of the transition of Russian society into a new phase, which reflects the trends of global innovative processes. 1. Golubovich, А. D., Idrisov, А. B., Inozemtsev, V. L., Titov, B. Yu., Spiegel, М. М. 2009, Vyhod iz krizisa: otkaz ot syr'evoj modeli. Novaja industrializacija [Out of the crisis: the rejection of raw model. new Industrialization],...

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Latvia’s participation in the process of integration and globalization within the European Uni on creates a need to improve tools of competitiveness and management assessment of the country’s regions. It also requires the development of common approaches to sel ection criteria, competition indicators and ...

... field of education is a serious inhibiting factor, which reduces competitiveness on the modern market of educational services. 1. Verbitskaya, L. A. 2001, Globalizacija i internacionalizacija v obrazovanii i vazhnost' izuchenija inostrannyh jazykov [Globalization and internationalization in education and the importance of learning foreign languages], Mir russkogo slova [The world of the Russian word], no. 2, p. 15—18. 2. Fond Sverkera Ostrjoma [The Sverker Åström Foundation], available at:http://www....

This article addresses the role of innovative centres in the development of surrounding areas beyond large cities. At the same time, the innovative development of rural areas should be of a composite nature; municipality development strategies take innovations into account. International practices serve as a an argument in favour of establishing innovative centres in smaller and medium-sized towns in order to facilitate the socioeconomic development of the territory and surrounding rural areas. Science...

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... Rossijskij jeksklav. Preodolenie konfliktogennosti [The Russian exclave. Overcoming of conflicts], Saint Petersburg, Izdatelstvo Saint Petersburg State University. 6. Klemeshev, A. P. 2007, Jeksklavnost' v uslovijah globalizacii [Exclave in the context of globalization], Kaliningrad, Izdatelstvo Kaliningrad State University. 7. Kretinin, G. V., Bryushinkin, V. N., Gal'tsov, V. I. 2002, Ocherki istorii Vostochnoj Prussii [Studies in the History of East Prussia], Kaliningrad, «Jantarnyj skaz». 8. Fedorov,...

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... addressed at any level, theoretical or practical. It is important to strengthen international trade capacity and to increase cooperation in other areas of cross-border relations, since these processes are crucial for Russia’s integration into the global markets. 1. Chub, A. A. 2011, K voprosu o formirovanii transgranichnyh regionov na territorii Rossijskoj Federacii [On the formation of the cross-border regions in the Russian Federation], Regional'naja jekonomika: teorija i praktika, no. 25, ...

This article is dedicated to the problems of deployment of the US anti-missile defence system in Eastern Europe. The European system of US missile defence is just one of the components of global US missile defence. This work aims to analyze possible Russia’s responses within military and political spheres. The measures proposed are divided into three subgroups: soft, medium and hard depending on the implementation of the adopted missile ...

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 in international cooperation, on the one hand, and aspirations of frontier cities and towns in the Baltic region to solve common problems together, on the other hand. This work is based ...

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Russia's accession to the WTO is an efficient instrument of the country's integration into the globalized world economy. However, it can adversely affect a number of enterprises and industries within the national economy. Thus, there is a need to develop a methodology for the assessment of the preparedness for operating under WTO membership conditions,...

... international integration. The theoretical significance of this work lies in the revealed correlation between the efficiency of cross-border Euroregions and the additional resources that can be retrieved in the framework of national economic policy during global recession. The practical component lies in clarifying the conceptual framework for the formation of successful crossborder cooperation in today's Europe. The authors employed the historical-descriptive approach and factual consideration of the ...

... emphasizes the need to analyse foreign policy priorities of the Baltic States and Central and Eastern European countries and to identify the dominant trends in the international policy in the region in order to forecast further development at European and global levels. This objective is achieved with the help of an integrated approach with elements of interdisciplinary research. Special attention is paid to the comparative-historical approach, which facilitates the analysis of the relations between the ...

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This article analyses the role of Russia — the North-West federal district — in the New North concept, which encompasses new political relations in the North of Europe in the framework of international organisations and regional cooperation — for instance, the Northern Dimension. 1. Beloborodova, I. N. 2000. POLIS, № 4, pp. 163—166. 2. V Gosdume projdet «kruglyj stol» na temu realizacii «dorozhnyh kart».[online] Available at: <http://www. rian. ru/world/world_community/20051125/42217940.html>...

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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....

The Baltic Sea is a unique ecological system, an integral part of the global ecological system, which is in urgent need of protection from destructive anthropogenic impact stemming from the production and consumption of nuclear energy and artificial radionuclides, agriculture, oil and oil product transportation, and sewage ...

This article tackles the problems of the biodiversity parameter evolution from the geo-historical perspective. The authors come to a conclusion about the prevalence of global terrestrial and cosmic factors in the development of biosphere processes. On the basis of the biogeochemical approach to the biosphere evolution, the authors could identify the principal stages of its development from the ancient times to the modern ...

This article presents the results of an integrated research encompassing both the study of migration processes in the South-East Baltic (volume, structure, directions) and the analysis of factors affecting migration mobility of the population as well as the assessment of migration influence on the socioeconomic development of three border territories. 1. V buduwem zhiteljam Litvy pridetsja rabotat' dol'she i tjazhelee // Sajt «Litovskaja respublika». [online] Available at: <http://www.lithuania...

... current situation and prospects of the post-Soviet themes research in Russian higher education in the Humanities. The problem is considered in the context of the modernization of the national education, integration processes in the former Soviet Union, globalization and the development of international cooperation. Guschin Alexander, Levchenkov Andrei 10.5922/2079-8555-2010-3-6 46-48 countries of the Baltic Sea region, interdisciplinary approach, education, post-Soviet space, the Commonwealth ...

The article is devoted to the development of new forms of international cooperation in education, such as international fora of rectors of universities and faculties of Humanities. Such fora are regarded as an innovative form of inter-university cooperation, which opens new prospects and opportunities for cooperation in education, science and culture. Pivovar Yefim 10.5922/2079-8555-2010-3-3 21-23 forum, arts education, educational programs, scientific and educational cooperation, innovation...

The article defines the innovative features of teaching international relations in the Baltic Sea Region at the graduate level, taking as an example the double degree program in international relations of the Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University, set up by the St. Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere the article also evaluates specific features of other similar programs taught in universities around the Baltic Sea. 1.      Kuzmin, Ju. S., Novikova, I. N. 2005. Novejshaja...

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... recommendations regarding national energy policy, which were developed by the specialists of the Lithuanian Energy Institute. Vilemas Jurgis 10.5922/2079-8555-2010-1-7 50-57 energy, energy strategy, European Union, liberalisation of energy markets, global energy market, energy efficiency

The article analyses the attitude of a Latvian university’s graduates to wealth and means of its acquisition, as well as their assessment of their own economic status and preferred moves in case of unemployment. The author estimates the university graduates’ personal capabilities; their interests, skills and qualifications, the extent of their reliance on their own initiative and resources, and their confidence about the future. The article defines the graduates’ economic interests forming motivations...

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