Baltic Sea Dimension in the Relations between Russia and Europe

摘要

The author first analyses the quantitative side of Russian relations with the211u001eBaltic Sea states-people-to-people contacts, economic cooperation, inter-regional 211u001eties and top-level dialogue-concluding that Russia is increasingly becoming part 211u001eof the region and that the importance of the region to Russia is growing. The 211u001epaper then examines the development of the security relationship by presenting 211u001eand scrutinizing new aspects of Russian policy in theregion, namely the