Polish-Russian border regions as a laboratory
for the formation of European integration processes
and identity through the prism of areas
of trans-regional cooperation after 1993 Cover Image

Pogranicze polsko-rosyjskie jako laboratorium kształtowania się procesów integracji i tożsamości europejskiej przez pryz
Polish-Russian border regions as a laboratory for the formation of European integration processes and identity through the prism of areas of trans-regional cooperation after 1993

Author(s): Joanna Szymańska-Bica
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: region; borderland; periphery; European integration; stereotype; collective identity; European identity; European consciousness; cross-border coope

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the potential for shaping Polish-Russian relations through the lens ofneighbouring regions historically affected by the Polish and Russian raison d‘état. It does notprovide an analysis of the current state of affairs, but instead focuses on mutual relations shapedby historical, geopolitical and geo-economic conditions. The study links the development ofPolish-Russian regional relations to the hypothesis of geographical and historical proximity.This connection arises from the concept of cross-border space and regional policy first outlinedin the Maastricht Treaty and later elaborated in the Treaty of Amsterdam, which illustrates theprocesses of European integration. Including the direct influence of the Polish regions on thedirections of cross-border cooperation and the implementation of further layers of Europ

  • Issue Year: 17/2024
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 195-204
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Polish
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