Northern Dimension: Participant Strategies

Busygina Irina, Filippov Mikhail

DOI:

10.5922/2079-8555-2009-1-5

European Union (EU) Russia the “Northern Dimension” (ND) cross-border cooperation inter-regional cooperation subsidiarity in the EU foreign policy.

Abstract

This article is devoted to the “Northern Dimension” initiative of the EU which also includes North-West Russia, Norway and Iceland. It is noted that the “Northern Dimension” in the theoretical perspective can be considered as part of strategic multi-level interactions between member-states of the EU and Russia. On this basis, the authors analyze implications and effects of the strategic interdependence of all the EU-Russia relation levels.

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