Twin cities: a new form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region?

• Published in: Baltic Region
• Main Authors: Anishenko Anatoly, Sergunin Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University 2012
• Subjects: twin cities; cross-border cooperation; the Baltic region; Regional economics. Space in economics; HT388; Haparanda; Narva; Tornio; Kirkenes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2012-1-3; https://doaj.org/article/ff8c832479634c9aae4a243f9f33d4b4

The paper demonstrates the first attempt in Russian political studies to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the “twin city” movement as a form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic region. This phenomenon emerged as a result of a global tendency towards more active involvement of municipal unit...