Cross-Border Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus: Development Problems in New Economic and Political Conditions
https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2023-6-137-144
Abstract
The authors consider the economic and political situation around Russia and Belarus in 2022–2023 as new conditions, as well as its influence on relations within the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Border area as a territory adjacent to other states is inevitably involved in international trade and cooperation, but its role can be both contact and barrier, and development is both dynamic and becoming depressed. The article describes the factors of global processes affecting the border and its features on the territory of the Russian Federation and justifies the use of the theory of “center — periphery” for further analysis of the border space between Russia and Belarus. The two states are obliged to build a system of border interaction. This system should be part of a system of supranational governance built to solve the problems of two sovereign states. Cross-border cooperation is not only a managerial, but also an economic resource that will deepen union integration.
About the Authors
A. N. Mezhevich
St. Petersburg State University of Economics; St. Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey N. Mezhevich, Paperwork Manager of the Department of Organization of Competitions and Olympiads for Students; Postgraduate Student
St. Petersburg
I. P. Sitov
St. Petersburg State University of Economics;
Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor P. Sytov, Assistant of the Rector; Postgraduate student of the Center for Belarusian Studies
St. Petersburg
Moscow
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Mezhevich A.N., Sitov I.P. Cross-Border Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus: Development Problems in New Economic and Political Conditions. Administrative Consulting. 2023;(6):137-144. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2023-6-137-144
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