The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
This paper examines how soft power, nation branding and academic cooperation came together in the scholarship policy pursued by the Swedish Institute (SI) from 1995 to 2023. An investigation of the organisation’s materials, scholarship statistics and feedback interviews with SI programme alumni suggests that the implementation of the scholarship policy was erratic during the study period....
Key actors of German ‘soft power’ in the Baltics
... the country’s interests in the Baltics. The authors analyse the policies of ‘soft power’ aimed to create a positive image of Germany in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The article examines the activity of German political foundations, research institutions, communities, language centres, and scientific and cultural organisations. It is stressed that Germany makes use of the Baltics’ historical familiarity with German traditions in implementing its policy in these countries. The study suggests ...
The effect of Covid-19 on labour migration in the CIS
... Monitoring ekonomicheskoi situatsii v Rossii: tendentsii i vyzovy sotsial’no-ekonomicheskogo razvitiya [Monitoring the economic situation in Russia: trends and challenges of social and economic development], no. 7 (109), April 2020, p. 3—13, Moscow, Institute for Economic Policy named after E. T. Gaidar (Gaidar Institute), Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA), available at
https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/monreo/monreo-2020-7-1011....
Transformation of the institutional matrix of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire
... is given by the admission of a part of Rzeczpospolita (Grand Duchy of Lithuania lands) into the Russian Empire. Those events had a major impact on the ensuing historical path of Belarus, which makes it more urgent to be studied. Herein, we employ the institutional approach supplemented with the recently developed theory of institutional matrices. It is revealed that when a state is formed out of elements with essentially different institutional matrices, there becomes possible a transplantational ...
Monotowns: A New Take on the Old Problem
The authors of this paper propose an approach to studying risk management in the most vulnerable monotowns that would account for the relations between major stakeholders and use the tools developed in the framework of the new institutional economic theory. Having compared the existing definitions of the “monotown” concept, the authors present their own approach. They identify key reasons behind monotown vulnerability and systematize stakeholders’ risks. The authors then ...
The External Economic Factor in the Development of Northwestern Regions: Institutional Support and an Impact Assessment
... since the Northwestern Federal District accounts for a significant proportion of Russia’s exports. The study aims to reveal the connection between the federal district’s external and internal economic development and to identify the extent to which institutional support for international economic cooperation facilitates brisk international trade. The authors consider international trade from the perspective of its procedural and institutional components. The study stresses dependence between the ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... of senior citizens and the intensity of international trade [21]. Russia differs from some European states, particularly, Italy, in that the traditional core-periphery virus spread models are not fully applicable there, with local sociocultural and institutional factors having a much greater role [19], [22]. Institutional factors seem to be crucial to the investigation of the pandemic in the Russian domestic context.
Some works looking at institutional factors affecting virus spread do not use regression ...
Local government reforms in Estonia: institutional context, intentions and outcomes
... intended to establish a dual pattern of central-local relations in Estonia. The choice of this model was inspired and supported by the Nordic states. Although the legal framework for local government has remained untouched since 1993, the introduction of institutional mechanisms for strong local autonomy was not a success. The first part of this article seeks to identify the main factors that inhibited the launch of the new institutional model. These were a lack of strategic influence on national policy-making,...
The role of the European Central Bank in ensuring the financial stability of the EU
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7. Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and ...
The Belarus Business Environment as Assessed by the Management of Leading Finnish Companies Operating in the Country
... Organization Theory, Administrative Science Quarterly, no. 28, p. 245—273.
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3. Belokon, M. 2014, Belarus slide package for a foreign investor, Pan-European Institute, University of Turku.
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6. EBRD. Belarus — Country assessments,...
Clusters as a Form of Spatial Organisation of Economic Activity: Theory and Practical Observations
This article aims at explaining the clustering of economic activity using instruments of new institutional economics, taking into account well-known descriptive characteristics of the cluster, as well as recent developments in research on hybrid institutional agreements, primarily, the research conducted by Michael Porter, Claude Ménard and ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... interdisciplinary field of academic inquiry with a strong theoretical framework. A comprehensive review of this field is available in [1]. The contemporary paradigm conceptualises state borders, much like any other formal demarcations, as dynamic social institutions. Notably, these institutions are not static lines but rather variable entities receptive to the ever-changing international landscape, bilateral relationships, currency exchange rates, global price structures, the daily practices of political ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... partners such as businesses, local municipalities, and government entities. The analysis of Latvian university-affiliated business incubators offering services to students, coupled with the examination of cooperative efforts between higher education institutions, local authorities, and entrepreneurs, reveals a discernible and favourable upward trajectory.
Noteworthy is the study of the Latvian-Portuguese research team “Comparative Analysis of Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions in Latvia and ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... transnational organized crime and cybercrime, international terrorism, so-called hybrid threats, disharmony between education systems, etc. In 2017, Russia and other Baltic countries agreed that the Council of the Baltic Sea States would be the regional institution to implement a common societal security strategy exemplified by the Baltic 2030 Agenda Action Plan.
Introduction
The concept of societal security is relatively new for the Russian political discourse and is still not embedded in Russian ...
Geopolitical Security of Russia: Remarks on the Problem Statement
This paper summarizes the results of the seminar “Geopolitical Security of Russia: Remarks on the Problem Statement”, held on August 26, 2022, at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad. During the seminar, the Institute of Geopolitical and Regional Studies of the university announced an initiative to devise a system of monitoring the geopolitical (regional) security of Russia. The debate centred around the development of a conceptual framework and a geopolitical ...
Between the Eurasian and European subsystems: migration and migration policy in the CIS and Baltic Countries in the 1990s—2020s
... Systems Reveal, Technical Symposium on International Migration and Development, The Hague, Netherlands, 29 June-3 July.
9. De Haas, H. 2007, Remittances, Migration and Social Development A Conceptual Review of the Literature United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Social Policy and Development Programme, Paper № 34, October 2007, 46 p.
10. Canales, A., Mendoza, C. 2001, Migration, Remittances and Local Development in Mexico, Report, XXIVth IUSSP General Population Conference,...
Institutional and investment projects in the context of railway transport reform (reflections on the book)
The book review analyses the institutional project research methodology. The proposed methodology is based on the use of systemic analysis and decision-making theory. A modern approach to the study of an institutional project and an investment project as complex systems under ...
The concept of the European Union’s normative power
... International Affairs, Vol. 84, no. 1, p. 45–60.
26. Manners, I. 2009a, The EU’s normative power in changing world politics. In: Andre, G. (ed.). Normative power Europe in a changing world: A discussion, Clingendael, European Papers, no.5, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, The Hague, Netherlands.
27. Manners, I. 2009b, The Concept of Normative Power in World Politics, Danish Institute of International Studies Brief, Copenhagen, Danish Institute of International Studies....
The legal status of institutions in the Russian Federation
This article considers common and distinctive features of legal status of various institutions (autonomous, budget, government and private ones). Special attention is paid to the legal procedure of financial provision of their activities and property regime. The author identifies the advantages and disadvantages of the new legislative ...
Some aspects of the theory of network structures as a mechanism of innovative activity management
... including those typical of the sphere of innovations. The article offers an analysis of the explanation of the network phenomenon in the social exchange theory, M. Castells's network theory, resource dependence theory, organisational sociology theory, new institutionalism, evolutionary economics, and French economic institutionalism.
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The institutional concept of territory marketing management
This article analyses the institutional concept of territory marketing. The authors suggest considering institutional environment as the key factor of territory management and the minimization of the transaction costs as the objective of territory management. The authors substantiate ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... to promote socioeconomic or cultural issues” [6, p. 40]. At this point, paradiplomacy might become an object of multi-level governance studies since multi-level governance reflects a system of interaction, which involves a wide range of actors and institutions at various administrative levels [7, p. 392].
Andre Leсours developed his paradiplomacy theory by introducing the concept of ‘layers’ of paradiplomatic activity [8]. According to Lecours, the first layer is represented by economic cooperation....
Correlation between the concepts of institution and sub-institution in criminal law
The article considers correspondence between the concepts of institution and sub-institution in the criminal law. The understanding of the criminal law sub-institution as an element of the structure of criminal law institute requires verification in terms of analysis of the correlation between these concepts. It ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... interdependence in the field of security and the desire for stability; secondly, ensuring regional integration through the efforts of elites aimed at building the regional identity that resonates with public opinion; and, last but not least, the expansion of institutional structures across regions [2]. Integration associations within the EU can also be analysed from the standpoint of interregionalism (interregional theory), which presupposes the presence of overlapping regional spaces [3]. This is not an ...
The transition process and institutions: on the issue of the standard of living in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe — members of the European Union
... have a mortgage or pay rent spending on housing on average up to one quarter of their income. Despite 30 years of transition to a market economy, the EU-11 countries largely inherited such home ownership structure from the centrally planned economy institutions, i.e. individually-owned and cooperative housing, as well as subsidized state-owned housing stock that became the private property of tenants at the start of market reforms. We propose a technique of taking into account households’ income ...
Institutional approach to assessing the transition to a circular economy: the case of the Kaliningrad region
... to a circular economy, which has been proposed as one of the outcomes of the reform. This study aims to address possible obstacles to transitioning to a circular economy in the Kaliningrad region. Methodologically, the study uses instruments of new institutional economics: by comparing discrete institutional alternatives for municipal solid waste (MSW) management, the authors propose incentive schemes that will likely stimulate the transition to a circular economy in the region. It is shown that,...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... migrations, short-distance by Russian standards, are accompanied by little change: movers retain their employment; their children may still go to the same school or, less often, kindergarten; the family continues to use the services of the same public institutions. According to an earlier study [38], 62 % of respondent’s families residing in the Moscow region have at least one family member working or studying in Moscow. The logic behind such relocation is very close to that behind commuting and ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
..., reputation reflects the population's attitudes towards authorities and serves as a source of power. A strong reputation enables authorities to exercise their authority responsibly without abusing it, allowing them to maintain mutual trust [4]. The institution of reputation in the Russian political space finds its reflection in the socio-political discourse. Practicians and experts in the field have emphasized the importance of reputation formation and social values as effective tools of power ...
Estonian ‘Balticness’ as a social construct: meanings and contextual specifics
..., corruption [17, р. 192—193], [18, р. 356].
After independence, a prominent advocate of Estonia as a Northern European country was its minister of foreign affairs (1996—1998; 1999—2002) Toomas Ilves, who gave a seminal speech at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs on 14 December 1999:
Unfortunately, most if not all people outside Estonia talk about something called ‘The Baltics’.
I think it is time to do away with poorly fitting, externally imposed categories. It is time that ...
Cross-border tourist mobility as seen by residents of the Karelian borderlands: COVID-19 restrictions
... Karelian-Finnish exchange.
Summarising the theoretical and practical aspects of transboundary tourist mobility, including transboundary tourism helps identify the following approaches to studying the phenomenon, as shown by Prof Vladimir Kolosov of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences [7]:
— the economic-geographical approach: evaluating the dynamics, volume and directions of tourist flows; delineating the borders of tourist regions; describing functional connections between ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
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Distant learning in the Institute of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic
The article examines the problematic issues of teaching medical students during the COVID 19 pandemic. In total, 73 students of the 6th year of the medical institute took part in an online training. Instead of three levels of teaching, typical for the “Pain management” course, two were left, i. e., “Theoretical knowledge” and simulation online training “The Interview”. In the end of the course ...
Adapting regional strategies to the new non-resource export development target
... economic growth. Achieving this target is a challenge, but the absence of sufficient conditions for a systemic diversification of Russian exports also poses a substantial problem. This situation lends urgency to developing a methodology for the normative institutional reflection of non-resource non-energy targets in regional legislative acts. This article aims to improve the methods for embedding non-resource non-energy export targets in regional strategies (the targets are expected to serve as an institutional ...
Minimising Investment Risks Through Optimising Public-Private Partnership: The Case of the Kaliningrad Region
... and Ways to Overcome It, Balt. Reg., Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 86—97. DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2009-2-11.
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11. Aksenova-Sorokhtey, J. N., Baranovskaya, E. A. 2015, Institute of concession agreements and actual problems of its legal regulation in the Russian Federation, Nauchnaja perspektiva, no. 10, р. 37—38. (in Russ.)
12. Aksenova-Sorokhtey, J. N., Baranovskaya, E. A. 2015, Novels of the concession of the Russian ...
Socially efficient entry barriers?
... equilibrium, it is necessary to assess both costs and benefits of the pooling and separating equilibria.
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2. Golovanova, S. V. 2014, Mezhdunarodnaya torgovlya i razvitie konkurentsii na natsionalnyh tovarnyh rynkah [International trade and the promotion of competition on national product ...
The problems of health protection socialisation of children at pre-school educational institutions
... that pre-school education is the only element of education system that pays attention to children’s healthcare and development of health skills. This article discusses the problems of healthcare socialization of children at pre-school educational institutions and possible
1. Алимпиева А. В. Динамика самосохранительного поведения детей, подростков и молодежи в процессе образования // Охрана здоровья ...
Peasant affairs institutions in post-reform Russia
This article is an attempt to identify the role of peasant affairs institutions in the governmental system of post-reform Russia. The subject of the research is the public policy towards peasant affairs agencies during the second half of the 19th century. Special attention is paid to the change of the legal status and ...
The role of the social institution of law in the protection of the health of the younger generation
This article focuses on the role of the social law institution in the protection of the health of the younger generation. The author considers the problems and prospects of legal support to children’s healthcare in Russia.
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Strategy selection for educational institution development in modern conditions
This article considers the priorities, principles, objectives and targets in the structure of the activity of an educational institution. The author focuses on the marketing strategy for the functioning and development of educational institutions.
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Управление развитием образования: организационно-экономический ...
The opposition of naturalistic and action-oriented approach to the analysis of institutional transformations in Russian economy
... action-oriented approach, which was developed by the Russian methodological school. The author assesses the role of organization and system categories in the framework of these approaches as well as their applicability in finding the alternatives of institutional
transformations of Russian economy.
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The transformation of the Swedish political party system in the late 20th/early 21st century
... Conflict and consent], Stockholm, Svenska Institutet, 174 p.
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Chapters of the institutional economic history of Königsberg/Kaliningrad
This article consists of a series of short essays dedicated to a certain period of the 'popular' socioeconomic history (with a particular focus on the institutional development problems) of the former East Prussia from Antiquity to present days. The authors tackle the issues of the economic history of amber, the role of the Hansa League in the development of medieval trade, the QWERTY-effects in the ...
Open Use of Reason: Socrates and Kant
... Transformation of the Soviet Canon. Platonic Investigations, 12(1), pp. 141-158.
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International political status of an observer state to the EAEU: problems and prospects of institutionalization
The issue of the development of the observer state institution within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has been considered. An attempt has been made to assess the possibilities for the current observer states to acquire full membership and increase the number of observer states within the EAEU. Based ...
Training of scientific personnel in the history of Russian law in the Russia Abroad (1920—1930s): Harbin and Prague
... the system of training academic personnel in the history of the Russian state and law at the law faculties of the Russian Abroad in Harbin and Prague in the 1920—1930s. The main sources include case-related documentation from the archives of Russian institutions (State Archive of the Russian Federation, Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, State Archive of the Rostov Region), memoirs, and publications by contemporary emigrant scholars. It is argued that the training system for this discipline ...
The role of curricula and programs in orientation to the teaching profession: a historical overview
The article provides a brief historical and pedagogical overview of the orientation of graduates of educational institutions toward the teaching profession in the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim of the research is to demonstrate the significance of curricula and programs with the emergence of pedagogical training in women’s educational organizations. The ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... all spheres of life has necessitated a rethinking of the existing geographical approaches to the study of physical space and the emergence of a new object of research — digital space. On the one hand, the latter is closely connected with traditional institutions and systems. On the other hand, it is characterized by its own patterns of construction and functioning. The problem of delimiting the boundaries of cyberspace makes it difficult to manage digital processes taking into account territorially ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... analysis highlighted and confirmed the ‘super Atlanticism’ tendencies in Denmark’s contemporary strategic culture, revealing its close ties with the Danish perception of the US as the safeguard for the liberal world order and associated multilateral institutions. Denmark’s value-driven militarised foreign political activism in the post-Cold War era is thus not only pragmatic but also ideological as it seeks to promote liberal values, democracy and human rights under American leadership. The article ...