Integrācija un reģionalizācija Baltijas jūras reģionā

Abstract

Promocijas darba tiek analizeti divi BJR notiekošie parmainu procesi: integracija un regionalizacija. Darba tika izvirzitas divas hipotezes. Pirmkart, BJR starpvalstu sadarbiba atbilst regionalizacijas, nevis integracijas pazimem. Otrkart, integracijas un regionalizacijas pazimes BJR pec 2004. gada ES paplašinašanas ir kluvušas vajakas. Lai noskaidrotu integracijas un regionalizacijas procesu attiecibas BR ietvaros, tika izpetiti tris gadijumi: Baltijas juras valstu padome, Ziemelu dimensija un Kaliningradas apgabals. Pirma hipoteze neapstiprinajas, tomer kopuma var apgalvot, ka BJR valstu sadarbiba vairak liecina par regionalizaciju, nevis integraciju. Otra hipoteze apstiprinajas, jo izpetes gaita atklajas, ka BJR valstu sadarbiba kopš 2004. gada ir vajinajusies.

The Doctoral Thesis INTEGRATION AND REGIONALIZATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION (BSR) discusses the manifestations of two change processes – integration and regionalization – in the BSR. Two hypotheses were established. First, regional cooperation in the BSR resembles the pattern of regionalization, not integration. Second, patterns of regionalization and integration have become weaker since the 2004 EU enlargement. Three cases were analyzed to explore the relationship between integration and regionalization: Council of the Baltic Sea States, Kaliningrad Oblast, and the Northern Dimension. Although the first hypothesis was not confirmed, the main conclusion is that regional cooperation resembles regionalization. The second hypothesis was confirmed because cooperation in the BSR has indeed become weaker since 2004.