The European Union, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood
In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 109-110
ISSN: 2159-1229
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In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 109-110
ISSN: 2159-1229
In: European foreign affairs review, Band 29, Heft SI, S. 31-52
ISSN: 1875-8223
The article discusses how geopolitical discourses and related performative practices of bordersensitive groups in countries neighbouring Russia are transformed by the war in Ukraine. Based mainly on the mixture of ethnographic methods (semi-structured interviews and unprovoked talk), the article is built around the study of vernacular geopolitics of Russian speakers living in the city of Narva, Estonia, and Finland. It suggests that the geopolitical narrative of these ethnolinguistic groups is changing from subaltern, neither dominant nor resistant geopolitical imagination, to oppositional geopolitics. This transformation takes place through public expression in the form of creative performances (Estonia) or online and offline protests (Finland). In this way, Russian speakers seek to acquire a political agency, local (in the case of Estonia) or national (in the case of Finland).
In: Osteuropa, Band 74, Heft 1-3, S. 267-284
ISSN: 2509-3444
In: Osteuropa
ISSN: 0030-6428
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In: European foreign affairs review
ISSN: 1875-8223
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In: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International relations, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 156-181
ISSN: 2658-3615
For almost 30 years, cross-border cooperation between Russia and the European Union has been balancing between cooperation and control, geopolitics and paradiplomacy. In different periods of relations, the dominance of one or another logic of development is noticeable. In the "post-Crimean" period of international relations in Europe, cross-border cooperation remained one of the few spheres of interaction between Russia and the EU which showed somewhat positive dynamics, or at least had not degraded significantly. The Karelian section of the Russian state border attracted close attention from both Russian and Western researchers in the 1990s due to the rapid pace of institutionalization of cross-border cooperation. The creation of Euregio "Karelia" in 2000 and the launch of cross-border cooperation programs within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy helped to maintain research interest. In recent years, the negative dynamics of relations between Russia and the EU has led to a noticeable decrease in the research interest to some issues of EU-Russian cross-border cooperation. At the same time, cross-border cooperation projects continue to have a positive impact on the development of border communities, and the cross-border governance system continues to develop and transform. Thus, the study of the dynamics of cross-border cooperation in the Euregio "Karelia" is still of scientific interest. It makes it possible to answer specific questions about the peculiarities of interaction between Karelia and Finland, as well as more general questions related to EU-Russian relations. Based on the analysis of discursive cooperation practices inherent to different participants of the cross-border cooperation in the Euregio "Karelia", the article shows why positive interaction of actors is still possible, and what vector of development can be expected for the regional cooperation between Russia and the EU in the medium-term perspective.
In: European foreign affairs review, Band 29, Heft SI, S. 1-8
ISSN: 1875-8223
This special issue explores the multifaceted impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Europe-Russia borderlands, from Norway to Lithuania. It investigates its transformation from a peaceful zone of cooperation to one of confrontation, analysing the implications for cross-border interactions, regional security, and normative frameworks. The contributors pay special attention to the level of border (and border-sensitive) communities and examine grassroots responses to the re-bordering process, as well as evolving geopolitical narratives within border communities. Through diverse methodological approaches, including ethnographic studies, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and geopolitical discourse analysis, the special issue suggests a comprehensive reevaluation of border studies in the context of heightened security concerns and shifting geopolitical realities. The findings highlight the need for a revised understanding of the EU-Russian border and borderlands, emphasizing their protective and exclusionary functions in the face of ongoing conflict and instability. This collection of studies offers critical insights into the new dynamics of border regions, contributing to broader discussions on European foreign and security policies.
In: Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective, S. 163-172
Russia's waste management system and legislative framework have undergone an ambitious revision process to fix Russia's pending waste crisis and push waste management towards the levels of its Western neighbours. While the reforms aim to tackle Russia's insufficient waste management, the local implementation realities of these central policy strategies, particularly in rural areas, are largely neglected. Rural communities throughout Russia are to implement a waste policy system which is not only unsuitable in its current form, but wherein local realities are in stark contrast to their representations in the realms of policy design. Obliged to implement nonetheless, these mismatches seem destined in building up a ruin to come of a waste management system that will be dysfunctional and locally contested, particularly in relation to its environmental impact. To scrutinise these developments, the paper is framed by a conceptualisation of policy mobility and translation, with an in-depth focus on localised assembling processes that implement Russian waste legislation in three local communities in the Karelian Republic. It analyses rural waste management in Russia through the Regional Waste Management Programme of the Karelian Republic and their processes of implementation. Based on qualitative analysis, the core focus is on local perceptions, waste management infrastructure and local spatial components that highlight the incompatibility between the current institutionalised planning documents and visions of waste policy in Russia and the geographical realities in the places of materialisation. Popular article based on the paper, with commentaries, is published in Versus Research Debate in English and Russian.
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In: New perspectives: interdisciplinary journal of Central & East European politics and international relations, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 250-264
ISSN: 2336-8268
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