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MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH THE PRISM OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY GEO-HETEROGENEITY
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Overall geostrategy of the European Union seeks global stability, economic security and environmental sustainability. In contrast with occurring interpretation of „geostrategy” in security/defence terms, we are prone to perception of geostrategy in the context of competitiveness driven by geopolitical and geo-economic developments that are shaped by the political and economic environment. Multidisciplinary relevance of our insight into the issue derived from the primary concept of geo-heterogeneity – and applied to the secondary concept of geostrategy – is aimed at a synergy effect resulting from an analytical and comparative approach. Motto of the European Union “United in diversity” reflects variety of (vital) national interests of its Member States, aspiring for added value beyond the “lowest common denominator”; yet, it is often the situation in the international community that becomes an imperative for a complex engagement. The European Union designs macro-regional strategies to address common challenges as well as opportunities and to unlock the potential in a concerted action as a new opportunity for comprehensive development of a larger region. Examples of good practices rest on analysis and experience of earlier (EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – EUSBSR, EU Strategy for the Danube Region – EUSDR) as well as recently developing (EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region – EUSAIR, EU Strategy for the Alpine Region – EUSALP) macro-regional actions, including a rotating chair for (each) Strategy for a given period bearing in mind Presidencies in the Council of the European Union or presidencies in other macro-regional institutions. With macro-regional approach being an impetus for mobilising different European Union, regional and national policies, geoscientific context represented by physical, human, political and economic geography is in the primary centre of our attention. This paper further elaborates our understanding of geo-heterogeneity and outlines the prism of multiple dimensions associated with overlapping regional initiatives.
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