Northern Dimension: Participant Strategies

Abstract

This article is devoted to the “Northern Dimension” initiative of the EU which also includes North-West Russia, Norway and Iceland. It is noted that the “Northern Dimension” in the theoretical perspective can be considered as part of strategic multi-level interactions between member-states of the EU and Russia. On this basis, the authors analyze implications and effects of the strategic interdependence of all the EU-Russia relation levels.

Keywords

• European Union (EU)
• Russia
• the “Northern Dimension” (ND)
• cross-border cooperation
• inter-regional cooperation
• subsidiarity in the EU foreign policy.