TY - CHAP

T1 - Incorporating the Russian Federation into the EU Baltic Sea Strategy: A Russian Perspective

AU - Lanko, Dmitry A.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The article attempts to explain, why adoption of the Baltic Sea Region Strategy of the European Union has not provoked a discussion in Russia despite the fact that the strategy touches Russia directly. From the author’s perspective, the explanation is four-fold. First, the Baltic Sea Region has never been an area of vital interest to the Russian Federation. Second, the EU Baltic Sea Strategy resembles a decade-old Northern Dimension. Third, the targets outlined in the strategy can be achieved without Russian participation. Fourth, the strategy is based on the assumption that the European Union is a major actor in the Baltic Sea Region, whilst Russian foreign policy discourse sees it differently.

AB - The article attempts to explain, why adoption of the Baltic Sea Region Strategy of the European Union has not provoked a discussion in Russia despite the fact that the strategy touches Russia directly. From the author’s perspective, the explanation is four-fold. First, the Baltic Sea Region has never been an area of vital interest to the Russian Federation. Second, the EU Baltic Sea Strategy resembles a decade-old Northern Dimension. Third, the targets outlined in the strategy can be achieved without Russian participation. Fourth, the strategy is based on the assumption that the European Union is a major actor in the Baltic Sea Region, whilst Russian foreign policy discourse sees it differently.

KW - International relations

KW - Russia

KW - foreign policy

KW - Baltic Sea Region

KW - European Union

KW - Northern Dimension

M3 - Article in an anthology

SP - 47

EP - 64

BT - Das europäische Meer: Die Ostsee als Handlungsraum

PB - Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag

ER -