EU‐Russia cross‐border cooperation in the 21 st century: turning marginality into competitive advantage
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13 juillet 2020
- handle: 10670/1.2ug3qx
- hal: hal-02902279
- doi: 10.1111/rsp3.12316
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city‐twinning competitive advantage cross‐border co‐operation EU European neighbourhood instrument Euroregions marginality northern dimension partnerships RussiaCiter ce document
Nikolai Bobylev et al., « EU‐Russia cross‐border cooperation in the 21 st century: turning marginality into competitive advantage », HAL-SHS : géographie, ID : 10.1111/rsp3.12316
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This paper aims to examine how Russian north‐western regions and municipalities use their marginal/border position as a resource to build a sustainable development strategy. Theoretically, this study is based on the marginality theory which states that border or remotely located subnational units are able to turn their marginality from disadvantage to a resource and transform themselves from depressed and provincial territories to attractive places hosting intense international flows of goods, services, capital, technologies and people. A number of venues for the EU‐Russia cross‐border cooperation are explored: the European Neighborhood Instrument, Northern Dimension partnerships, Euroregions and city‐twinning. The authors conclude that despite some problems with establishing a proper division of labor between above programs and project implementation cross‐border cooperation proved to be a valuable instrument not only for successful development of the marginal/border actors but also for establishing mutual trust and collaborative relations between Russia and neighboring EU countries.