Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
Over the past 25 years, Russia has faced several economic and geopolitical challenges, including the 2008 global financial crisis, sanctions imposed in 2014, and the COVID-19 pandemic. To remain resilient in the face of these challenges, Russia needs to adopt a flexible development strategy and transition to a new path of development. This transition requires the development of new knowledge-intensive industries, expansion into promising markets,...
Global value chains in the age of uncertainty: advantages, vulnerabilities, and ways for enhancing resilience
... describe the pandemic-induced breakdown in the global just-in-time supply system in spring 2020 and its role in the escalating global recession. In analysing the mechanisms of post-pandemic GVC adaptation to uncertainty, we look at the concept of economic resilience and properties of resilient systems (robustness, flexibility, redundancy, and dynamic sustainability). We scrutinise the supply chain resilience model used by leading MNEs (GVC organisers) in their disruption risk management at pre-disruption ...
Disinformation (fake news, propaganda) as a threat to resilience: approaches used in the EU and its member state Lithuania
This study analyses EU and Lithuanian documents on countering disinformation/fake news to present the plurality of the Union’s approaches to ensuring resilience. Currently, there are three approaches to the problem in the EU. The first one, used by the European Commission, is the recognition of citizens’ right to information as well as of the need to promote critical thinking and information literacy....
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... quality, etc. This study is based on such — enhanced — understanding of the societal security concept.
The post-Copenhagen School approaches that try to connect the notion of societal security to the concepts of human security, sustainability and resilience are slowly gaining momentum in the Russian political discourse; however, they are still not very popular in the academic community or among decision-makers. With very few exceptions, there is almost no research done on societal security in ...
National urban policy in Russia and the European experience
... formulate proposals for further development of the Russian NUP. To this end, the study examines international (particularly German) documents and publications on NUP and the Russian regulatory framework. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the resilience of cities to crises and the development of urban green spaces. Germany’s current NUP, adopted in 2007, stands out for its complexity and congruence with regional policy. The principal NUP document in Russia is the Spatial Development Strategy....
Fairy tales as a psychotherapeutic method to develop resilience in students with special needs
This article addresses the use of fairy tale technique in psychotherapy used to develop resilience as a personal psychological trait in students with special needs. Using parables as literary references, the authors describe the process of producing mottos through semantic compression. Special attention is paid to techniques of identifying ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... emergence of a new direction of scientific research — ‘sanctionomics’, which studies the tools and consequences of sanctions policies. In our opinion, it may have some theoretical significance in terms of developing the concept of shock resistance or resilience of economic systems [35], [36]. Moreover, in practical terms, these studies may serve the purpose of strengthening regional economic security [37].
As the analysis shows, sanctions risks have a spatially heterogeneous impact. In regions having ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
..., unlawful sanctions, against Russia. This process is having a particularly pronounced effect on the manufacturing industry. This article aims to describe the effect of restrictions on the development of regional manufacturing companies, measure the resilience of such businesses to external impact, and provide a rationale for the necessary sectoral restructuring and changing the geography of external ties. To this end, we analyse the literature and employ economic statistical methods to process company-specific ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... imports from EU countries due to retaliatory measures against imposed restrictions, experienced only a minor decline in production, with some sectors even witnessing an increase in their production output. St. Petersburg’s manufacturing sector showcased resilience to external influences, registering a 5.1 % growth. While specific areas like automotive assembly or machinery and equipment repair encountered reductions, the majority of production sectors demonstrated growth, notably in the food industry,...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... implications for Russian territories in the Baltic region. Pronounced inter-basin differences are described with respect to the coastalisation of the population. The study also evaluates the economic condition of key Russian maritime centres and their resilience to external influences, especially geopolitical challenges. The article offers a geopolitical justification for Russia’s ongoing maritime endeavours, emphasizing the need for inter-basin, intermunicipal, and interregional integration. This ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... actors; (3) equal and symmetrical partnership between Russia and the European states.
Introduction
During the past few decades, EU-Russian regional cooperation was a channel of interaction between communities on both sides and demonstrated its resilience even in times of crisis. The relations between Russia and Finland, in particular, were built on the common historical past and strong economic and political ties. In 2022, the European Commission stopped cross-border cooperation programmes ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... EU’s role in global governance and world politics. Denmark’s stance on the strategic autonomy of the Union remains ambivalent, with the first direct mention of the concept appearing in Strategy 2023, which emphasises the need to enhance European resilience in the face of crises by building an open strategic autonomy.<38> Strategy 2022 merely mentioned Denmark’s support for the development of ‘a European strategic compass’ and the emergence of a more independent EU capable of assuming ...
Transformation of global value chains in Russia and the Baltics amid Covid-19: prospects for regionalization and implications for economic policy
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Woody plants of the Siberian Introduction Centre in the Kaliningrad region
This article studies the species composition and history of introduction of Siberian Introduction Centre’s woody plants in the Kaliningrad region. The authors analyse the seasonal rhythm of plant developed in 2002-2014. The resilience and acclimatisation of the woody species of the Siberian Introduction Centre in the Kaliningrad region are assessed.
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A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... to external influences [21] impose additional requirements as regards unlocking new drivers for growth and seeking tools to stimulate the entrepreneurial endeavours of the populace. According to scholars, cooperative economic models exhibit greater resilience during times of uncertainty, as they can swiftly adapt to adverse environmental factors, fostering dynamic socio-economic development in their respective regions [22]. In this article, we draw on empirical data to identify both traditional ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... Globalisation, in which the Kaliningrad region actively participated in the early years of the new century, involved the creation of long-distance connections, leading to the emergence of a global financial centre hierarchy to manage these ties.
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The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
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The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... and dialogue including Sweden, Finland, Russia, the Baltic states, Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine. The overarching emphasis of these cultural initiatives was placed on reinforcing values such as freedom of speech, diversity, democracy, and collective resilience, resonating with the core principles of Swedish soft power and diplomatic efforts in the region.<12> Therefore, after the socio-economic and political reforms in the post-Soviet area had taken place, the SI initiated its soft power activities ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
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COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: information campaign, media, society
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The marine component of human geography studies in Post-Soviet Russia: key trends and development priorities
... geography (associated with the established professional community, the fundamental research themes and the basic concepts) and the emergence of new growth poles within the scope of marine human geography. Although this subdiscipline showed a high degree of resilience in the first years after the demise of the USSR, it became marginalised from the scientific mainstream. The interest in marine studies revived only in the early 2000s, gaining momentum after a decade of desolation. The renaissance was due to ...
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The influence of the sea on the economic development and settlement structure in the Baltic Sea region
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The development of Kaliningrad regional economy: A new stage of restructuring
The Kaliningrad region is developing in complicated exclave conditions, which results in insufficient resilience of its economy to external impacts. There is a need for constant monitoring of the economic situation in the region and the adaptation of the regional strategy to changing conditions. This article sets out to evaluate the stages of regional ...
Euroregions as a factor of successful international integration in modern conditions
... regions is closely related to the industrial development of their regions. The Post-Soviet space requires a redistribution of the overcentralized power. The abundance of Euroregions along the perimeter of certain states may be an indicator of economy's resilience to potential shocks. The provisions set forth in the article contribute to an improvement of the scientific understanding of political regionalistics and take the current understanding of the international system to the level of cross-border ...