Objective
The main objective of the proposed study is to examine how the process of introducing Four Freedoms (4Fs) in the Baltic Sea region ought to be sustained and developed. This study, therefore, seeks to broaden the understanding of the stabilizing effect of EUs policy towards Russia and Belarus as applicable to the Mare Balticum space by considering the following specific research objectives:
1) How could the EU and other international institutions promote 4Fs and what kind of impacts it may exert in the Baltic Sea area?
2)What priorities should be identified among the 4Fs: mobility of people or goods, services or capital, home and justice affairs or environment, etc.?
3)Is it realistic to believe that sub-national authorities are capable to facilitate 4Fs with a little help (or even without it) from national and international bodies? How could the current organizational overlapping be avoided and a new division of labor be established between them?
4)How should the Euro regions be redesigned in accordance with the 4Fs concept? Should each Euro region specialize on particular freedoms or cover all 4Fs? How the relations between municipalities, regional and federal authorities are to be organized in case of the Euro regions?
5)Could the Kaliningrad serve as a pilot region and its experience be applicable to other Russian border regions?In institutional/actor ship terms the focus will be made on three levels of analysis
(a) transnational/international organizations (first of all the EU, along with CBSS, Council of Europe, OCSE, NATO, etc.);
(b) nation-states, including non-EU countries (Russia and Belarus) and
(c) sub-national units (regional and local governments, etc.). An important dimension of this study pertains to the role of a variety of non-governmental actors that transcend all three levels mentioned above.
Theoretically, we want to demonstrate the complexity and richness of interaction between different levels of government, as well as to illustrate how such complexity and changes could be captured with contemporary research methods. In addition, we are interested in discussion how the results of this research could be useful in a practical way (dissemination). We believe that a number of audiences will benefit from this study - decision-makers, academic communities and students.
Expected output may be quantified as follows:
1) One monograph to be submitted to an international publisher;
2) Five team-based Workshops to be followed, consequently, by five Working Packages each one to cover the research task allocated for a specific team, and five Project Newsletters to be distributed in the academic community;
3) At least one article per project participant to be submitted to professional journals;
4) Interactive project web site (with the Project Forum) located at the Minsk Team server.
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4000 Roskilde
Denmark
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