Karelia - a cross-border region?: The EU and cross-border region-building on the Finnish-Russian border
In: Joensuun yliopisto, Karjalan tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja 146
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In: Joensuun yliopisto, Karjalan tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja 146
In: Si Somos Americanos: revista de estudios transfronterizos, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 139-149
ISSN: 0719-0948
El presente artículo examina las imágenes de Occidente entre actores políticos regionales en la movilización étnica post-soviética en la Carelia rusa. Basado en artículos de periódico, este artículo estudia el papel que las conexiones y la cooperación con Occidente, la Unión Europea y especialmente con la vecina Finlandia jugaron en las políticas de identidad relacionadas con la emergencia de las asociaciones voluntarias en la Carelia rusa.
In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 19-38
ISSN: 2159-1229
In: Comparativ: C ; Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 56-71
ISSN: 0940-3566
"Der Aufsatz untersucht die sich überlagernden Territorialisierungsmuster in der Finnisch-Russischen Grenzregion. Dabei wird den Friktionen zwischen diesen verschiedenen Mustern im Rahmen von EU-Politiken vor dem Hintergrund sich wandelnder historischer Formen supranationaler, nationaler und regionaler Territorialisierung besondere Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet. Das Fallbeispiel Karelien stand als historische Region für mehr als tausend Jahre im Zentrum von Auseinandersetzungen rivalisierender Projekte der Staats- und Nationenbildung im europäischen Norden. Der Aufsatz untersucht u.a., welche Rolle dieses historische Erbe in der Regionalpolitik der Europäischen Union spielt und in welcher Form es in heutigen supra-nationalen, nationalen und regionalen Vorstellungen von grenzüberschreitender Regionalisierung präsent ist. Karelien kann als Paradebeispiel für das Aufeinandertreffen verschiedener Formen der Regionalisierung, der Staatsbildung wie auch der Definition der Ost-West-Konfrontation gelten. Seine Territorialisierungsmuster haben immer auch die Machtverschiebungen innerhalb des europäischen Staatensystems reflektiert. Das historische Erbe der Region umfasst seit seiner doppelten imperialen Vergangenheit bis nach dem Kalten Krieg verschiedene Formen der Bestimmung dieser räumlichen Einheit: als regionale Gemeinschaft mit eigenen ethnischen, sprachlichen und religiösen Besonderheiten; als Grenzland, das von rivalisierenden Staaten und sich überlagernden nationalisierenden Ansprüchen geteilt wird; und schließlich als Berührungspunkt und Trennlinie zwischen Ost und West. Das Ende des Kalten Krieges und die Effekte der EU-Regionalpolitik brachten neue Formen der marktorientierten Regionalisierung hervor, wobei die EU die verschiedenen territorialen Ebenen hierarchisch organisierte und in hohem Maße die wechselseitigen historischen Verbindungen, Brüche und Konflikte ignorierte. Nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion, der Einführung der EU-Regionalpolitik, einschließlich der neuen Nachbarschaftspolitik, und der Einrichtung der Euroregion Karelien im Jahr 2000 entstanden neue Formen des Austauschs in der Grenzregion. Grenzüberschreitende Kooperation, maßgeblich geprägt durch die Verlagerung des Schwerpunkts weg von einer nationalstaatlich dominierten Außenpolitik hin zu Mehrebenenstrukturen und -netzwerken die von unabhängigen Akteuren gebildet werden, hat die Rolle der mittleren Ebene gestärkt. Die Ziele der impulsgebenden Akteure dieser grenzüberschreitenden Praktiken waren dabei nicht auf die Herausbildung eines regionalen Grenzregimes begrenzt, sondern berührten auch zentrale Fragen europäischer und nationaler Identitätspolitik. Der Aufsatz plädiert für die Anerkennung der historischen und politischen Wechselbeziehungen, Brüche und Konflikte zwischen unterschiedlichen Verständnissen der territorialen Bezüge und unterstreicht die Notwendigkeit komparativer Studien zur politischen Sprache der grenzüberschreitenden Kooperation." (Autorenreferat)
In: Historiallisia tutkimuksia 191
In: Journal of European integration: Revue d'intégration européenne, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 423-438
ISSN: 1477-2280
In: Journal of European integration, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 423-438
ISSN: 0703-6337
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In: Historiallisia tutkimuksia 191
In: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies, 84
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were high hopes of Russia's ""modernisation"" and rapid political and economic integration with the EU. But now, given its own policies of national development, Russia appears to have 'limits to integration'. Today, much European political discourse again evokes East/West civilisational divides and antagonistic geopolitical interests in EU-Russia relations. This book provides a carefully researched and timely analysis of this complex relationship and examines whether this turn in public debate corresponds to local-level experience - particularly
In: Kikimora publications
In: Series B 30
In: BASEES 107
The End of Wider Europe? : The EU, Changing Borders and Spatial Imaginaries of Post-Soviet Space / Ilkka Liikanen, James W. Scott and Tina Sotkasiira -- Building Regional Stability Through Cross-Border Cooperation : Changing Spatial Imaginariesand Sovereignty Concepts of EU Neighbourhood Policies / Ilkka Liikanen -- Ukraine : History Confronts Geography / Volodymyr Kravchenko -- Borders and Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Space : A Glance from the Republic of Moldova / Octavian Ticu -- Reconceptualisations of Borders in Post-Soviet Ukraine : Between EU Regulations, the Soviet Legacy and Internal Political Strife / Olga Filippova -- Eastern Neighbourhood as a Political Divide : Critically Assessing EU Policies of Regional Cross-Border Cooperation in the Case of Ukraine / James W. Scott -- Bordering in Post-Soviet Central Asia : Two Tales from Tajikistan / Joni Virkkunen and Paul Fryer -- Of Barriers, Breaches and Bridges : Cross-Border Ecotourism and the Prospect of Horizontal Govenance Acting as a Bridge in Belarus-EU Neighbourhood Relations / Anais Marin -- Where Ideals and Anxieties Meet : The EU and Migration Policy in Wider Europe / Tiina Sotkasira -- The New Concept of Migration Policy of the Russian Federation : Revolution or Re-evolution? / Sergia Riazantsev -- The Republic of Belarus : Flows and Tendencies in Migration Processes / Larissa Titarenko -- What Kind of Choice? : Understanding Migration in Tajikistan / Paul Fryer, Joni Virkkunen and Furugzod Usmonov -- Labour Migration and the Contradictory Logic of Integration in Russia / Olga Tkach and Olga Brenikova -- Colonial Imagination on a Postcolonial Periphery : Educational Migration in Azerbaijan and the Construction of an Elite of Expectations / Sergey Rumyantsev -- Gendered Migration from Moldova and Ukraine to the EU : Who Cares? / Olga Davydova-Minguet, Valeriu Mosneaga and Oleskii Pozniak -- Contemporary Ukrainian Migration to EU Countries : Trends and Challenges / Ihor Markov
In: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies 107
The collapse of the Soviet Union has had profound and long-lasting impacts on the societies of Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, impacts which are not yet fully worked through: changes in state-society relations, a comprehensive reconfiguration of political, economic and social ties, the resurgence of regional conflicts "frozen" during the Soviet period, and new migration patterns both towards Russia and the European Union. At the same time the EU has emerged as an important player in the region, formulating its European Neighbourhood Policy, and engaging neighbouring states in a process of cross-border regional co-operation. This book explores a wide range of complex and contested questions related to borders, security and migration in the emerging "European Neighbourhood" which includes countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia as well as the countries which immediately border the EU. Issues discussed include new forms of regional and cross-border co-operation, new patterns of migration, and the potential role of the EU as a stabilizing external force.
In: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies 84
In: Routledge borderlands studies
Klappentext: "This book critically analyses the changing EU-Russian security environment in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, with a particular focus on northern Europe where the EU and the Russian Federation share a common border. Russian involvement in conflict situations in the EU's South Eastern neighbourhood has drastically impacted the European security environment, leading to a resurgence of competitive great power relations. The book uses the EU-Russia interface at the borders of Finland and the European North as a prism through which interwoven external and internal security challenges can be explored. Security is considered in the broadest sense of the term, as the authors consider how the security environment is reflected politically, socially and culturally within European societies. The book analyses changing political language and concepts, institutional preparedness, border governance, human security, migration and wider challenges to societal resilience. Ultimately, the book investigates into Finland's preparedness to address new global security challenges and to find solutions to them on an everyday level. This book will be an important guide for researchers and upper-level students of security, border studies, Russian and European studies, as well as to policy makers looking to develop a wider, contextualized understanding of the challenges to stability and security in different parts of Europe"--
In: Routledge borderlands studies
In the aftermath of the Ukraine crises, borders within the wider post-Cold War and post-Soviet context have become a key issue for international relations and public political debate. These borders are frequently viewed in terms of military preparedness and confrontation, but behind armed territorial conflicts there has been a broader shift in the regional balance of power and sovereignty. This book explores border conflicts in the EU's eastern neighbourhood via a detailed focus on state power and sovereignty, set in the context of post-Cold war politics and international relations. By identifying changing definitions of sovereignty and political space the authors highlight competing strategies of legitimising and challenging borders that have emerged as a result of geopolitical transformations of the last three decades. This book uses comparative studies to examine country specific variation in border negotiation and conflict, and pays close attention to shifts in political debates that have taken place between the end of State Socialism, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the outbreak of the Ukraine crises. From this angle, Post-Cold War Borders sheds new light on change and variation in the political rhetoric of the EU, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and neighbouring EU member countries. Ultimately, the book aims to provide a new interpretation of changes in international order and how they relate to shifting concepts of sovereignty and territoriality in post-Cold war Europe. Shedding new light on negotiation and conflict over post-Soviet borders, this book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in the fields of Russian and East European studies, international relations, geography, border studies and politics