Federal project “The Far East in the Asia-Pacific Region” at the intersection of interests of local authorities of Primorsky krai
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2019-3-75-84
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the balance of interests of different-sized actors in the process of implementing in the territory of Primorsky Krai as a project for the development of the Far East and Russia’s integration into the Asia-Pacific Region (hereinafter the APR). For the past 10 years Russian leadership has been especially actively trying to consolidate national efforts to advance in the APR. Concentration on large-scale tasks simultaneously led to abstraction from the permanently transmitted competitive interests of the local community (Primorye is a vivid example), and, as a consequence, revealed the weakness of the management potential of Russia’s Far Eastern strategy. As a result, the inconsistent policy of managing the local level of government exacerbated the socio-political situation, primarily in those municipalities of the region, which occupy a significant place in the development plans of the Russian Far East. The article draws attention to the fact that any activity on the territory is “refracted through the prism” of local conditions and is opposed to the natural and socio-political environment. Ignoring this circumstance threatens to increase costs and efforts to move towards the desired goal.
About the Author
A. A. Zykov
Far Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Zykov, applicant, Institute of Oriental studies – School of Regional
and International studies, bld. 8, Sukhanova str., Vladivostok, Russia, 690091
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Zykov, applicant, Institute of Oriental studies – School of Regional
and International studies, bld. 8, Sukhanova str., Vladivostok, Russia, 690091
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Zykov A.A. Federal project “The Far East in the Asia-Pacific Region” at the intersection of interests of local authorities of Primorsky krai. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2019;(3):75-84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2019-3-75-84
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