(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2014) Chuzhykov, Viktor; Tkachova, Iryna
The development of international economic cooperation at the Azov-Black Sea region is an essential component of continental “East-West” cooperation and can serve as a bridge of complex diffusion of economic, social and political systems of Eurasia. However, there are several confrontation zones and conflicting ambitions of the biggest participants in the BSEC (The Black Sea Economic Cooperation) which serve as a condition to development of good neighborly relations including economic sphere. An effective cooperation of three EU countries neighbouring each other (Bulgaria, Romania, Greece) could have a positive influence on the development of economic cooperation in the Black and the Azov Seas, the feasibility of this trend towards interaction stems from the theory of localism. Thus, it appears that levels of using all advantages of European regionalism can be summarized as interaction of the BSEC in the formation of common recreational areas, obtaining minerals and dividing areas for fishing, because the part of the EU fisheries policy applies also in this area. The necessary background for further development of the region is synchronizing the cycles of economic growth, the BSEC Member States that require the corresponding convergence of country models within a Free Trade Area (FTA +) and in the near future and harmonization of customs agreements with the EU (Turkey already has such agreement with the European Union). However, further development of this infrastructure will strengthen the Baltic-Black Sea corridor, whose importance shall not be overestimated.
