The EU—Russia Common Economic Space and the Policy-Taker Problem

2007 ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Vinokurov
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2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Laiko ◽  
Sergey Kovalenko ◽  
Oleksandr Bilousov

The aim of the proposed research consists in outlining prospects of cluster mechanism application and verification of the cluster strategy in view of innovative development of cross-border regions against the background on strengthening integration processes. The work is dedicated to research of theoretical, methodical and applicable basis of strategic management of development of international integration associations as network-like structures of intra-branch and inter-branch cooperation on their mesolevel. The research method is based on mesoeconomic synthesis of development concepts in industrial and innovative clusters and international integration associations. To the authors’ opinion, it enables to work out both mechanism and scientific understanding of development trends in modern integration systems. The scientific hypothesis of the proposed work suggests that the cluster approach is the most efficient mechanism of development of international economic cooperation under modern conditions and, finally, is a mesolevel of competitive international integration systems and necessary pre-condition of qualitative progress of integration of Ukraine into the EU. The authors propose to develop integration processes of mesolevel within the framework of unified economic space basing upon clustering. Concept, structure and life cycle of net forms of self-organization of a cross-border economic space in conditions of developing a postmodern economy are considered. Conclusion is drawn to state that the cross-border clusters concept construes an approach adequate to modern challenges to stimulate economic development of peripheral regions with inherent features and advantages taking into account comprehensive dynamic competition and coordination of problems of meso– and macrolevels with conditions accompanying operation and activity of particular business entities. Under such circumstances, cluster policy consists in creating conditions for formation and development of cross-border clusters, but, under no circumstances, in artificial generation of such clusters. Theoretical positions and methodological approaches to the formation of industrial clusters within European regions are systematized. The essence of cross-border and internal relationships of the cluster as a factor in increasing competitiveness in the increasingly Euroregion integration processes and the need to enhance the role of peripheral regions within the framework of crossborder cooperation. The strategic priorities for spatial development of new forms of cross-border cooperation in the context of regional policy of the EU are outlined.


Author(s):  
A. A. Durdyyeva

Nowadays regionalization and integration are key trends in international relations. The creation of alliances and international organizations and the establishment of contractual relations in various spheres have acquired global dimensions. Among such prominent integration groupings as the EU, ASEAN, APEC, NAfTa, MERCOSUR, the African Union and others, one of the most ambitious is the project of the Eurasian Union, which is aimed at the economic, cultural and political integration of states in the CIS area. The evolution of the EAU from idea to the main stages of implementation took quite a lot of time. The modern political initiative proceeding from the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus represents a mature legal form, which actually reflects the historically prevalent tendency of the post-Soviet peoples to associate with each other. The successful functioning of the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space were preconditions to the project of the Eurasian Union. The Union State of Russia and Belarus and Organization of the Collective Security Treaty associations played a particular role in structuring the EAU. Today the establishment of the Union has become one of the defining trends of Russian policy. The basic stages of integration are completed; however, a large number of the economic and political challenges of the future EAU are still to be faced. One of the stumbling blocks is the problem of choosing the model of the future Eurasian diplomacy. The appearance of the chosen model is actually confronted with inevitable and sometimes unforeseen obstacles. The integration experience of other international organizations (primarily in legal, diplomatic and economic spheres) will help to overcome them. In particular, considerable experience has been gained by the European Union. Despite a number of political, cultural and economic constraints, the possibility of transferring the EU diplomatic system to the EAU can't be rejected. The EAU establishment through the legal, economic and political mechanisms used by the EU in elaborating its diplomatic system may lead to a unique system of diplomatic cooperation. The EU experience analysis and the possibility to prevent its mistakes will allow the EAU to make use of the existing integration, political and economic resources more efficiently on its way toward establishment.


2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (132) ◽  
pp. 433-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Jürgen Urban

The attempt of the EU, to become the most competitve knowledge based economic space will have a deep impact on social policy in European countries: social policy will change from producer of security against market risks in a tool for opening markets. Especially the new "open method of coordination" will push privatization and deregulation of the health care systems instead of the establishment of European standards. Against this some elements of a left counterstrategy are sketched out.


Author(s):  
Svetlana Kadomtseva ◽  
Yulia Zolotareva

The article deals with economic sovereignty, its constituent tax sovereignty and tendencies of their transformation in the conditions of formation of international regional associations. The expediency of tax harmonization in the conditions of formation of a single economic space and deepening of interstate economic integration is shown. The sequence of tax harmonization in the EU, the use of information technologies for improving tax administration are considered.


Author(s):  
Olga Kyvliuk ◽  
Galyna Zhukova

The space-time combination of training and professional activities (internships) within both HEI and branch industrial institutions in the ratio of 50% to 50% is effective and widely used in many countries of the EU and North America. Thus, this concept should be implemented in Ukraine in the near future through the development of educational technologies, close cooperation between universities and employers, legislators and managers, not only within the educational and economic space of Ukraine but also in the context of globalization and integration processes. The externalization of educational services is seen as the path to the implementation of dual education in Ukraine in the context of a marketing concept (“from outside to inside”), characterized by the emergence of new forms and technologies of public service activities.


Author(s):  
M. Strezhneva

Emergence of the EU political system led to the denationalization of its economic space. This political system can be characterized as a democratic one. Yet through European elections, the European citizens do not elect the government acting at the supranational level. It is not them, but the European political class, who determines the integration agenda. The article exposes а linkage between changing parameters of political democracy in the EU member states and transition from centralized national governance to a multilevel one (MLG), accompanied by development of new governance modes. Participatory democracy serves in the EU as an important supplement for representative democracy. Privileged partners (such as Switzerland or Norway) are allowed to participate in the MLG. Yet representatives of the transnational European civil society or governments of those states, which are not full EU members, are not admitted to the decision-making stage.


Author(s):  
I. Ivanov

The script x-rays the phenomenon of the Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus as a milestone in the process of the CIS economic reintegration. Under review are centripetal and centrifugal forces behind this reintegration, the structure, instruments and goals of the Union to be upgraded into a Single Economic Space of the founding states, as well as international implications concerned, including relations with the EU and WTO.


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