The Small Border Traffic Zone between Poland and Kaliningrad Region (Russia)
The Impact of a Local Visa-Free Border Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanislaw Domaniewski (University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author), Dominika Studzińska (0000-0002-9779-223X, University of Gdańsk) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 538-555 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2016.1176916 |
| OpenAlex | W2346227868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
After Poland’s accession to the EU, the Polish-Russian border became the EU external border. This significantly changed its nature and started the new type of cross border relation. Since 2012, when the Small Border Traffic (SBT) zone came into force, the border has changed its blockade function and started instead to be treated as a resource. The fundamental loosening of the border crossing regime reduced the social and functional distance between Poland and Kaliningrad, and in a broader sense between EU and Kaliningrad. This paper will try to show how small but meaningful initiative, the SBT, has had an impact on cross-border region. The present paper will describe the relationship between larger geopolitical actors and how they affect local border relations. The aim of this paper is to present phenomenon of new visa regime at the Polish-Russian border. The paper likewise describes the impact of the SBT on local communities and their economies, as well as national relations between adjacent countries. The analysis is based on the interviews and surveys conducted in the Polish-Russian border region in late 2014
Accession · Border crossing · Border effect · Border zone · Business · Cross-border cooperation · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · European union · Geography · Geopolitics · International trade · Political science · Politics · Resizing · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · European Politics and Security · Law · Polish socio-economic development
Silencing' the border as a strategy to conceal the 'other' side
Town Twinning in Europe. Understanding Manifestations and Strategies
The development of a Russian-Polish cross-border region
Diverging views of EU-Russian borders
Russian and Western scholarly perspectives on EU–Russia relations in Justice and Home Affairs
Everyday life in the shadow of the border
How to construct cross-border cooperation? Local border traffic as a mechanism of shaping the external relations of the European Union and Schengen Area from the perspective of constructivism
Security, economy, and the touristification of borders
Living with Isolation
Conflict and cooperation between Europe and Russia
Kaliningrad
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |