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Structural model of cooperation development in the Black Sea region

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Chuzhykov V., Tkachova I.

Nierówności społeczne a wzrost gospodarczy

2014

issue 39

452-462

The development of international economic cooperation at the Azov-Black Sea region is an essen-tial component of continental “East-West” cooperation and can serve as a bridge of complex diffusion of economic, social and political systems of Eurasia. However, there are several confrontation zones and conflicting ambitions of the biggest participants in the BSEC (The Black Sea Economic Cooperation) which serve as a condition to development of good neighborly relations including economic sphere. An effective cooperation of three EU countries neighbouring each other (Bulgaria, Romania, Greece) could have a positive influence on the development of economic cooperation in the Black and the Azov Seas, the feasibility of this trend towards interaction stems from the theory of localism. Thus, it appears that levels of using all advantages of European regionalism can be summarized as interaction of the BSEC in the formation of common recreational areas, obtaining minerals and dividing areas for fishing, because the part of the EU fisheries policy applies also in this area. The necessary background for further development of the region is synchronizing the cycles of economic growth, the BSEC Member States that require the corresponding convergence of country models within a Free Trade Area (FTA +) and in the near future and harmonization of customs agreements with the EU (Turkey already has such agreement with the European Union). However, further development of this infrastructure will strengthen the Baltic-Black Sea corridor, whose importance shall not be overestimated.

Rozwój międzynarodowej współpracy gospodarczej w regionie Morza Czarnego i Azow-skiego jest kluczowy dla pogłębiania współpracy kontynentalnej „Wschód-Zachód” i może służyć jako pomost dla kompleksowej dyfuzji systemów gospodarczych, społecznych i politycznych w Eura-zji. Jednakże pomiędzy największymi państwami członkowskimi BSEC (The Black Sea Economic Cooperation) istnieje wiele spornych obszarów i kwestii, które istotnie warunkują (utrudniają) rozwój dobrosąsiedzkich stosunków w sferze gospodarczej. Sąsiedztwo i efektywna kooperacja z trzema krajami członkowskimi UE (Bułgarią, Rumunią i Grecją) może mieć pozytywny wpływ na rozwój współpracy gospodarczej w rejonie Morza Czarnego i Azowskiego – takie przesłanki wypływają z teorii lokalizmu. Korzyści płynące z euro-pejskiego regionalizmu sprowadzają się przede wszystkim do zaangażowania organizacji BSEC w tworzenie wspólnych terenów rekreacyjnych, pozyskiwanie minerałów oraz wyznaczanie obsza-rów połowów, ponieważ polityka rybołówstwa UE ma zastosowanie także w tym rejonie. Dla dalszego rozwoju regionu niezbędna jest synchronizacja cykli wzrostu gospodarczego państw członkowskich BSEC, co wymaga m.in. odpowiedniej zbieżności modeli państw w ramach strefy wolnego handlu (SWH +) oraz harmonizacji umów celnych z UE w najbliższej przyszłości (Turcja ma już taką umowę z Unią Europejską).

Methodological Background of Post-Soviet Regionalism: The Case of Ukraine

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Chuzhykov V., Fedirko O., Chuzhykov A.

Baltic Journal of European Studies

2014

vol. 4

issue 1

20-33

The transformational 1990s significantly differentiated the regional model of Ukraine, which eventually began to resemble a system of uncontrolled chronic economic decline, as the existing planning and regulatory methods had become redundant, the market-based approaches being not actualized. The methodological vacuum in which Ukraine found itself did not allow regions to solve the existing problems by means of European economic convergence instruments. Despite the fact that more and more theories and concepts appeared in the leading developed countries (regional competitiveness, city- region, beautiful places, creative city, localization, etc.), national science used outdated ideas of planned regulation, inappropriate in market economy. The effect of government policies resembled core measures of the neoliberal model, while maintaining a high degree of administrative centralization. FDI inflow fundamentally altered the regional landscape. The leading position in accumulating the FDI stock belonged to Kyiv, which also produced the largest per capita GDP. In the last five years a revival of innovation activity took place in the Ukrainian regions. Eventually it obtained an undulating character, moving basically along two axes: Lviv-Kviv and Kyiv-Kharkiv. However, low FDI level in the worst performing regions could create an erroneous impression about the positive impact of FDI on regional economy. A region's development trajectory> might also be affected by the mentality of its inhabitants, as well as the media, whose impact can convey either a cohesive or disintegrating character. This was evidenced by the recent events in Ukraine, as well as the "East versus West” confrontation, which resulted in frustration, whereas the lack of tolerance among the population of certain regions provoked the bloodshed. Thus, identification of methodological background of post-Soviet regionalism on the example of Ukraine is an important scientific task, which may explain the essence of regional asymmetries in the post-Soviet states.

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