“Regionalization of Russian Foreign and Security Policy” Project organized by The Russian Study Group at the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research Andreas Wenger, Jeronim Perovic,´ Andrei Makarychev, Oleg Alexandrov WORKING PAPER NO.15 MARCH 2002 “Internationalization” or Adaptation? Historical Legacy, Geopolitics and Border Cooperation in Belgorod Oblast DESIGN : SUSANA PERROTTET RIOS The paper characterizes the principal fields of Belgorod Oblast’s international By Vladimir A. Kolossov contacts, and describes the most important social, economic and political factors determining the oblast’s position vis-à-vis the federal center and its international contacts mainly with neighboring Ukrainian regions. It also assesses the extent to which Belgorod’s international political and economic relations make it an “inter- nationalized” region. Contact: Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research ETH Zentrum SEI CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland Andreas Wenger, head of project [email protected] Jeronim Perovic´ , project coordinator [email protected] Oleg Alexandrov [email protected] Andrei Makarychev [email protected] Order of copies: Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research ETH Zentrum SEI CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland [email protected] Papers available in full-text format at: C ENTER FOR http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/ S ECURITY STUDIES AND Layout by Marco Zanoli C ONFLICT RESEARCH t1V\MZVI\QWVITQbI\QWVuWZ)LIX\I\QWV' 0Q[\WZQKIT4MOIKa/MWXWTQ\QK[ IVL*WZLMZ+WWXMZI\QWV QV*MTOWZWL7JTI[\ *a>TILQUQZ)3WTW[[W^ ?WZSQVO8IXMZ6W KWV\MV\[ 'PSFXPSE ɨFOFXHFPQPMJUJDBMTJUVBUJPOPGUIFPCMBTU *OUFSOBMTUSVDUVSFTBOEFYUFSOBMUFSSJUPSJBMHBQT #FMHPSPE0CMBTU*UTTPDJPFDPOPNJDQSPmMFBUUIFFOEPGUIFDFOUVSZ ɨFHBQCFUXFFO#FMHPSPEBOE,IBSLPWPCMBTUT 'PSFJHOFDPOPNJDSFMBUJPOTBOENJHSBUJPO UIFNBJOmFMEPGiJOUFSOBUJPOBMJ[BUJPOwJO#FMHPSPE 'PSFJHOUSBEF +PJOUWFOUVSFT .JHSBUJPO 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