Baltijskaja Evropa: ot idei k strategii [From the idea to the strategy of Baltic Europe]

Abstract

This article focuses on the historic prerequisites and forms of international cooperation in the Baltic region (“Baltic cooperation”). According to the author, Baltic Europe is being formed as a single administrative, economic, cultural and infrastructural area, which could become a new economic and cultural center of Europe. Special emphasis is given to policies and strategies of the EU in the Baltic Sea region.

Keywords

• Baltic Sea
• the Baltic Sea region
• Baltic Europe
• the European Union (EU)
• “Northern Dimension”
• Baltic cooperation strategy