Specific Features of Paradiplomacy in Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of paradiplomacy in Western Europe and North America. The author reveals the concept of paradiplomacy and compares it with the trans-border regional cooperation (TbRC) in Russia. In the article author gives and describes all forms of TbRC. The research is based on a comparative analysis which defines the advantages and disadvantages of each form of TbRC. As a result, the author makes his own definition of paradiplomacy, which combines all the previous approaches.

Keywords

• paradiplomacy
• regions
• sub-regions
• rf subjects
• trans-border cooperation
• border cooperation