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This article examines policies of Moscow and Brussels in the Baltics since the launch of the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in June 2009. An increase in the efficiency of Russia’s policy in the region requires not only the development of bilateral relations with the region’s countries but also a dialogue with the European Union, the key player in the Baltic. The author identifies Russian economic, military,...

At the current stage of social development, particular attention is ... ... qualitative breakthrough in the socio-economic development of the countries under investigation. The scheduled multi-billion investments ... ... between political and economic objectives of the development of the Baltics. The study contributes to a broader set of research into ... ... author believes that modern infrastructure projects in the Baltic Sea region should be integrated into both western and eastern dimensions....

... the countries of the Baltic region aimed at the development of international clusters. ‘International cluster’ is defined as a new form of spatial economy. The author identifies and maps organised international clusters and cluster initiatives in the Baltic Sea region countries. The international clusters of the Baltic region are characterised according to the following criteria: the degree of geographical localisation, the organisational type of formation, and specialisation areas. The author analyses the degree of ...

This article examines cooperation in the electric energy sector in the Baltic region. The author explores the existing undersea HVDC power exchange projects. It is emphasised that cooperation in the ... ... to Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and Sweden. The author concludes that the prospects of Russia’s energy export to the Baltic Sea region will be determined not only by technological, economic and market factors, but rather by the general state of relations ...

Transnational (involving countries) and cross-border (involving adjacent regions of different countries) cooperation and integration are rapidly developing in the Baltic Sea region. Russia lags behind the Nordic countries and Germany as far as innovative development is concerned; yet our national pace here is comparable to that of Poland and the three Baltic States. At the same time, the features of innovative cooperation vary a great deal depending on the group ...

... that reflect the performance of universities in terms of research journal publications and the development of research cooperation in the field of Baltic studies. The authors consider the dynamics of research contribution and academic cooperation in the Baltic Sea countries in four leading fields — i. e. agricultural and biological sciences, Earth sciences, ecology and social sciences presented in the SciVerse Scopus scientometric database. The article provides a map of research cooperation in the Baltic Sea ...

... need to increase the share of innovative projects with the participation of the regions of North-West of Russia; actors fr om the Nordic countries, wh ere regional cooperation is an important engine for innovation development, should be actively involved in these ... ....ru/inf_ps/parlisurvey/2010/07/102/item5273.html (дата обращения: 21.10.2011). 5. Project Compendium (2004—2007). Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme INTERREG III A Priorities. Priority North. Riga, 2007. URL: http://www.europrojects....

... 547—560. 8.      Blažauskas N., Fedorov G., Klimenko N. et al. Potentials of the east — Baltic States, Russia and Belarus // Ibid. P. 569—586. 9.      Cieślak A., Jakubowska P. et al. Compendium on Maritime Spatial Planning systems in the Baltic Sea Region countries. Warsaw, Gdansk, 2009. 10. Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation to the year 2020. Approved by the President of the Russian Federation on 27 July 2001. 11. VASAB Long Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Bal­tic Sea ...