Regional development of the Baltic countries in the context of integral European cultural space: transition processes and problems of national and international security

Abstract

The purpose of this pape r is to examine the theoretical background to the regional economic and social development in the context of development of integral European cultural space. The main trends and tendencies of the economic, political, social transition processes in the Eastern and Central Europe are analysed. Possibilities and prospects of the regional economic and social development in the Baltic region are discussed. Problems and conflicts arising in the situation of the development of the integral cultural space in Europe are described. The publication also presents the outcomes of the research done over the recent several years, dedicated to the diagnostics of the problems of transformations as well as of national and international security in various regions and countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially in Baltic countries. The main attention is dedicated to the regional economic and social development in the Baltic countries in context of the integral European cultural, political, economic and social space.