GRANICA I POGRANICZE UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ I ROSJI. W POSZUKIWANIU NOWYCH SCHEMATÓW INTERPRETACYJNYCH
BORDER AND BORDERLAND OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIA. IN SEARCH FOR NEW INTERPRETIVE SCHEMES

Summary/Abstract: Presented paper aims at proposing a new approach to understanding the current border relations between the European Union and Russia, by claiming, that changing political, economic and social circumstances has undermined the already dominating paradigms in studying borders. The new relations are based on competition, confrontation and even conflict, instead of collaboration. Consequently considerations presented propose to (re)employ classical instruments to studying borders: concepts of frontier and boundary as well as the geostrategies and geopolitics of the EU. At the same time the non-EU-centric perspective, and including an alternative integration project behind the eastern border of the Union, allow to understand the nature of the observable border interactions.

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