The Northern Dimension

An Appropriate Platform for Cooperation with Russia?

Author(s): Oleg Alexandrov
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 61
Pages: 6-8
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2009

This article lays out the history and current potential of the Northern Dimension initiative, a project initiated in the late 1990s to provide a common framework for the promotion of dialogue and concrete cooperation among Europe's Nordic and Baltic countries and Russia. The author seeks to assess whether the design of the four common spaces between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland, which was chosen in November 2006 as a new conceptual framework for the Northern Dimension, is a suitable policy to enhance cooperation among members of this initiative. The author also analyzes Russia's Arctic policy and evaluates its relevance for the Northern Dimension.

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