Straipsnis yra teorinio pobūdžio, skirtaskompleksiškai nagrinėti regionalizavimo procesus globalizacijos kontekste,parodant, kad regionalizavimo procesų tyrimai yra svarbi globalizacijai skirtųtyrimų sritis. Išryškinti svarbiausi istoriškai susiklostę globalizacijosetapai, parodyti kiekvienam etapui būdingi regionalizavimo procesų ypatumai.Straipsnyje detaliai apibūdinta daugiadimensės regionalizacijos koncepcija,pasiūlytas „orbitų“ modelis. Aptariamos galimybės panaudoti daugiadimensėsregionalizacijos koncepciją bei „orbitų“ modelį internacionalizavimo irregionalizacijos procesų strateginiame planavime. Straipsnyje aptariamosperspektyvios tolesnių mokslinių tyrimų kryptys, skirtos regionalizavimoprocesams ir regionų raidai globalizacijos kontekste.
The Nordic Baltic region (5+3) is now closely interlinked via trade, investment, mobility of people, and banking. All the countries in this group have pursued some form of integration with the European Union (EU). Six of them are EU member states, four of them are members of the euro area, and all of them are within the European Economic Area (EEA) and are Schengen member states. But can these small countries as a group cooperate more closely and perhaps exercise more collective authority in Europe? The Nordic countries and the Baltic States cooperate in the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Bank and the IMF, and six of them are among European NATO member states. When it comes to European integration the lack of common approach complicates their cooperation. Within this group there are internal divisions between the hardcore EU and euro area member states (the Baltics and Finland), EU members (Denmark and Sweden) and EU outsiders (Iceland and Norway). Common pathways for the future cooperation in Europe may be hard to find. Also, the Nordics are high income welfare states, but the Baltics are neoliberal with minimal governments and low-tax regimes. Additionally, external forces continue to challenge the Nordic Baltic region, including revanchist Russian policies threatening Baltic Sovereignty, unpredictable US policies towards NATO as well as reduced military presence in Europe, and dismal EU and euro area post crisis economic performance. All point to a future of uncertainty including both economic and security risks.
This study aims to reveal the evolution of the EU-Japan relations towards a comprehensive and fully formalized strategic partnership, the main determinants of that process, as well the importance of the political and economic alliance. In the evolution of the EU-Japan relations, there were identified four stages – 1960–1990, 1991–2000, 2001–2010, 2011–2018 – which had led up to a strategic partnership regulated under the framework of political and economic agreements. In future, the Strategic Partnership Agreement and the Economic Partnership Agreement might enhance the regional and global influence of the EU and Japan.