scholarly journals The initiative of Southern Baltic Sea regional parliaments cooperation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Astramowicz-Leyk
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The research concerning cross-border cooperation initiative between regions presents international relations that are often formed upwards and have their roots in bilateral relations of the regions. A research hypothesis was positively verified on the basis of the conducted research, according to which the examined subject is a form of cross-border cooperation at the level of regional parliaments: German federal states, Kaliningrad District of the Russian Federation and selected Polish voivodships. Coherently with the purpose of the study, an institutional and legal analysis, analysis of source materials and a questionnaire were conducted. The paper contains an investigation of the genesis, objectives and the scope of substantive works concerning the cross-border cooperation formula within the regional parliaments of the South Baltic Region. A special nature of work within the Forum was also presented; the most important substantive issues introduced by the partners in resolutions adopted by acclamation are discussed, as well as the results of own research are presented.

scholarly journals Eastern Borderland of the European Union in the Process of Networking, as Exemplified by the Polish-Belarusian Cross-Border Cooperation

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
Sławomir Partycki ◽  
Dawid Błaszczak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cooperation Network ◽  
State Projects ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
Key Nodes

Abstract Summary Subject and purpose of work: The purpose of the study is to analyse the structure and the relation of the Polish-Belarusian cross-border cooperation network, to identify the key nodes in the network, to analyse the dynamics of connections between the actors, and to identify the most important changes in the structure of the network. Materials and methods: The article quotes the results of analyses of cross-border projects from 2004- 2017. The analysis includes projects completed, applicants, and partners of projects. The network analysis was carried out using Ucinet and NetDraw software. Results: The structure of the Polish-Belarusian cooperation is dominated by several large nodes, on the other hand there are many micronetworks - of three or four nodes, which are connected with each other. Conclusions: The Polish-Belarusian cooperation is of great importance for the international relations of the Polish state. Projects carried out by entities located at the border strengthen the cooperation, bringing a number of measurable benefits (hard and soft), depending on nature of the projects, as well as frequency and scale of the undertaken activities.

scholarly journals Beyond the hinterland: exploring the international actorness of China’s Yunnan province

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyang Liu ◽  
Yao Song
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Central Government ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Economic Statecraft ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
Subnational Governments

Abstract The scholarly literature on paradiplomacy has tended to focus overly on subnational governments in federal systems rather than those in unitary and centralized countries. However, it is important to note that some subnational governments in these countries have been increasingly proactive in international relations (IR). This study explores the paradiplomatic activities of Yunnan, a province in the south of China which, since the early 1990s, has actively engaged in cross-border cooperation. Combining the concept of paradiplomacy with the theory of actorness, this study first argues that Yunnan has been incentivized to conduct paradiplomacy through the decision of Beijing to open China’s borders; the inefficiency of the central government in managing border-related issues; and the interprovincial competition over economic and diplomatic clouts in the Mekong subregion. Second, this study argues that Yunnan’s new external affairs powers have been consolidated by a host of new opportunities stemming from the external environment. Third, it argues that Yunnan’s new external affairs powers have enabled it to leverage two broad instruments (infrastructure development and economic statecraft) to make neighboring countries more dependent on cooperation with it. And finally, it is argued that Yunnan’s role as an IR player has been acknowledged both by neighboring countries and by Beijing.

scholarly journals ‘Rules of the game’ in cross-border cooperation: legal-administrative differences in Finnish–Russian crime prevention

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Liisa Heusala ◽  
Jarmo Koistinen
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article illuminates the dynamics of bilateral cross-border cooperation between two vastly different legal-administrative partners. The analysis utilizes empirical findings of a case study on bilateral Finnish–Russian crime prevention cooperation. Currently, both the differences in national legislations and the fast-changing administrative environment make this cooperation challenging. The case study showed that bilateral cooperation, which is the dominant form of cooperation between EU member states and Russia, is currently affected by disjointed and even competing multilateral and bilateral structures, differences in criminal law and procedure, gaps between international treaties and national legislation, local and regional variations of practices, weak institutional trust and abrupt policy changes. The results indicate that the effectiveness of cross-border networks cannot be assessed strictly in terms of quantitative outcomes. Further long-term development of the cooperation requires both realistic understanding of legal-administrative constraints and strong commitment at the national and supranational political levels. Points for practitioners Future long-term development of cross-border crime prevention cooperation between EU member countries and the Russian Federation requires more flexible crime prevention instruments and institutionalization of joint investigation teams. The optimal model in joint criminal investigations with Russian authorities could be one where the evidence of the protocol of the preliminary investigation could be acquired through direct regional connections between authorities. In practice, this requires a much stronger practical trust between different levels of authorities in the EU member countries and the Russian Federation, reconciliation of differences in national legislations and long-term political commitment at the highest level.

scholarly journals Using Landsat and Sentinel-2 Data for the Generation of Continuously Updated Forest Type Information Layers in a Cross-Border Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 2337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Nink ◽  
Joachim Hill ◽  
Johannes Stoffels ◽  
Henning Buddenbaum ◽  
David Frantz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Type ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Information Demand ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
Information Layer ◽  
Type Information ◽  
Sentinel 2

From global monitoring to regional forest management there is an increasing demand for information about forest ecosystems. For border regions that are closely connected ecologically and economically, a key factor is the cross-border availability and consistency of up-to-date information such as the forest type. The combination of existing forest information with Earth observation data is a rational method and can provide valuable contribution to serve the increased information demand on a transnational level. We present an approach for the remote sensing-based generation of a transnational and temporally consistent forest type information layer for the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Existing forest information data from different countries were merged and combined with suitable vegetation indices derived from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery acquired in early spring. An automated bootstrap-based approximation of the optimum threshold for the distinction of “broadleaved” and “coniferous” forest was applied. The spatially explicit forest type information layer is updated annually depending on image availability. Overall accuracies between 79 and 96 percent were obtained. Every spot in the region will be updated successively within a period of expectably three years. The presented approach can be integrated in fully automated processing chains to generate basic forest type information layers on a regular basis.

Cross-border cooperation between Russia and China: experience and problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
V. Pecheritsa ◽  
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S. Mefodyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Far East ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Logical Method ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article is devoted to the analysis of Russian-Chinese relations at the present time.The topicality of the article is primarily due to the fact that the development of border and cross-border territories is becoming an important tool for successful international cooperation between countries. Under the circumstances, it is important to study and understand the functions and mechanisms of cross-border cooperation. The active development of the Russian Federation and China, including trade and economic relations, naturally leads to increased attention of these states to the development of border territories. The purpose and objectives of the article is to analyze the main directions of cross-border cooperation between the Russian Federation and China in the trade and economic sphere on the example of the Far East of Russia and the North-East of China; to show not only successes, but also unresolved issues and problems that prevent these neighboring regions from interacting at a higher level.The object of the study is the cross-border trade and economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and China. The subject is the ways, forms and mechanisms of regional Russian-Chinese interaction, as well as factors that slow down this process.There have been used general scientific empirical and theoretical research methods.The usage of a comparative-functional, systematic approach, modeling and a logical method encouragesto identify the essential and substantive elements of the regional trade and economic policy of the Russian Federation and China

scholarly journals On mechanisms of increasing interest in Russian language in mongolia (on the example between the Khovd aimag of Mongolia and the Altai Territory of the Russian Federation).

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
Nyamaa Delegnam ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Education ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article examines the features of cross-border cooperation between Russia and Mongolia in order to increase interest in the Russian language and Russian education using the Khovd aimag of Mongolia and the Altai Territory of Russia as examples. The author emphasizes the main directions that contribute to increasing the interest of Mongolian students in the Russian language using mechanisms within the framework of the activities of the Russian Language Center at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in the Khovd aimag of Mongolia.

scholarly journals YOUTH AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.U. Zainieva ◽  
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A.S. Serik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Commonwealth Of Independent States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Independent States ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article deals with cross-border cooperation between different States. Particular attention is paid to the development of this area of activity in the Commonwealth of Independent States, particularly in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. Cross-border cooperation affects many different aspects of the life of all population groups. The article addresses issues related to the interaction of youth in the humanitarian sphere

scholarly journals Interregional and cross-border cooperation within the Union State of Belarus and Russia: problems and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-443
Author(s):  
Anastasiia N. Slugina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Introduction: the large growth potential of integration attractiveness of the Union State of Belarus and Russia lies in the improvement of interregional and cross-border cooperation, which can create new prospects for dynamic development and influence on the world market as well as improve the geopolitical situation on the external borders of the Union State. Objectives: verification of the problem field and tools for improving interregional and cross-border interaction in the space of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. Methods: cognitive mapping, expert survey, comparison. Results: the study has revealed the discordance in the Russian and Belarus political elites’ preferences, the lack of their attention to the problems of interregional and cross-border cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, an ambiguous vision of Russian-Belarusian relations by experts. Among the methods and technologies for improving the interregional and cross-border interaction between Russia and Belarus, experts highlight, first of all, the development of the border areas infrastructure. Conclusions: the discourse on interregional and cross-border cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus manifests certain problems of an internal, external and interstate nature. At the same time,the political elites and the expert community of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus do not see the sphere of integration interaction and connection with the Union State level as priorities. The influence of the Union State on the improvement of interregional and cross-border cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus is underestimated. Consolidated interaction of political elites and expert community of the two countries is needed, which will make it possible to form an effective strategy for the development of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on the way to bilateral integration.

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