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BSR Policy Briefing
In the BSR Policy Briefing series experts of different fields give recommendations to policy makers in issues regarding the Baltic Sea region.
13.09.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2024
Impact of the war in Ukraine on nuclear waste management in arctic Russia
By Sergei Gladkov
03.07.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2024
Belarus and its future development: What does it mean for the Baltic Sea region?
Andrei Sannikov
05.06.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2024
Demographic challenges of the Kaliningrad region in the new geopolitical reality: Trends, risks and prospects
By Salavat Abylkalikov
16.05.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2024
The competitiveness of Finnish firms in the changing business landscape
By Anna Karhu, Eini Haaja & Hanna Mäkinen
25.04.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2024
Economy of St. Petersburg two years after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine
By Nikita Lisitsyn
28.02.2024 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2024
Germany’s economic structure in times of multiple shocks
By Michael Grömling
12.12.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2023
The wicked problem of eutrophication - next steps in the process towards sustainable agriculture in Finland
By Anna Törnroos-Remes
29.11.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2023
A literature review on the main environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea region in the 21st century
By Sergei Gladkov and Léo Pignol
22.11.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2023
Developing the economic competence in Åland: Recommendations and key learning points for policymakers
By Anna Lundgren and Jukka Teräs
25.10.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2023
The green transformation of the European maritime sector: Six tricks to support sustainable cruise shipbuilding
By Elisa Aro and Eini Haaja
24.05.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2023
Iron curtain on Belarus' western border: Does the crisis in Minsk's relations with its Baltic neighbors threaten Belarusian independence?
By Kamil Kłysiński
17.05.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2023
The economic interaction between the USA and the littoral states of the Baltic Sea
By Alari Purju
23.03.2023 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2023
The Resource Balanced Economy to meet the twin challenges of phasing out fossil fuel energy and self-sufficient
supply of raw materials
By Simon P. Michaux
21.12.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2023
Baltic Sea region security of supply after Russia’s invasion on Ukraine: The past is just a prologue
By Anna Mikulska and Luke Min
13.12.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 11/2022
Sanctions against Russia, their effectiveness and impacts on Finland
By Hanna Mäkinen
08.11.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 10/2022
The Baltic Sea islands and their impact on the regional security
By Zdzislaw Sliwa, Hans Helseth and Viljar Veebel
08.11.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 9/2022
Willingness to fight for Ukraine: Lessons to the Baltic states
By Jānis Bērziņš and Victoria Vdovychenko
23.06.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2022
Chinese investment in the Baltic Sea region: Main characteristics and policy challenges
By Kálmán Kalotay and Ágnes Szunomár
08.06.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2022
NATO and Security in the Baltic Sea Region
By Klaus Wittmann
02.05.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2022
The Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant: Energy independence on paper – isolation in practice
By Justinas Juozaitis
14.04.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2022
Aspects of blue economy in the Baltic Sea region
By Riitta Pöntynen
11.03.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2022
Leveraging bioeconomy development for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region
By Alisher Mirzabaev
28.01.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2022
Russia's renewable energy sector: Policy recommendations
By Liliana Proskuryakova
28.01.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2022
The circular economy in St. Petersburg
By Yury Nurulin, Olga Kalchenko and Inga Skvortsova
05.01.2022 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2022
Energy dimension of green growth in Kaliningrad
By Artur Usanov
29.10.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 11/2021
Mortality in Russia during the pandemic in 2020 and in the first half of 2021
By Marina Lifshits
14.10.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 10/2021
Building security in the Baltic Sea region: Military perspective and NATO approach
By Andrzej Fałkowski
23.06.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 9/2021
The “Swedish model” in the COVID-19 pandemic
By Torbjörn Becker, Jesper Roine, and Svante Strömberg
10.06.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2021
Lithuania’s response to the COVID-19: Two stages, mixed results
Authored by Linas Kojala
10.06.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2021
The Kaliningrad Region and COVID-19
Authored by Vitaly Petrovich Zhdanov
14.05.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2021
Polish struggle against COVID-19
Authored by Bartosz Arłukowicz
05.05.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2021
COVID-19 and Finland: Not good news for fiscal sustainability
Authored by Jouko Vilmunen
29.04.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2021
Latvia and COVID-19: Preliminary impressions
Authored by Dzintars Mozgis and Normunds Vaivads
10.03.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2021
The German economy and the Corona shock – An acceleration of structural changes?
Authored by Michael Grömling
23.02.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2021
Contemporary trends and future scenarios for the Greater St. Petersburg region: Some policy recommendations
Authored by Nikita Lisitsyn
08.01.2021 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2021
The COVID-19 in Estonia: Governance of the Health Care System, spread of the disease, regulations and impact on economy
Authored by Alari Purju
08.12.2020 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2020
Leadership in Turbulent Times: Germany and the Future of Europe
Authored by Kimmo Elo
30.10.2020 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2020
Lithuania and Belarus: Will Lithuania become Belarus’ “Iceland”?
Authored by Ruslanas Irižkevičius
22.09.2020 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2020
The corona pandemic and its impact on the economic development of the Baltic Sea region in 2020
Authored by Kari Liuhto
04.09.2020 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2020
Increasing Eco-efficiency via Digitalisation in Maritime Industry in The Baltic Sea Region: Policy Support through Carrots or Sticks?
Authored by Milla Harju
16.04.2020 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2020
The forest industry around the Baltic Sea region: Future challenges and opportunities
Edited by Kari Liuhto
09.09.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 9/2019
The Baltic states and security in the Baltic Sea region: Dark clouds in blue sky.
Authored by Kristi Raik.
02.09.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2019
Creation of regional gas market in the Baltic States and Finland: Challenges and opportunities.
Authored by Tadas Jakštas.
07.08.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2019
US FDI in the Baltic Sea region: The state of American investment and selected challenges.
Authored by Kalman Kalotay.
01.07.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2019
Germany and the Baltic Sea region: political and security interests.
Authored by Tobias Etzold.
24.06.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2019
Government support for the Russian shipbuilding industry: Policy priorities and budgetary allocations.
Authored by Elena Efimova and Sergei Sutyrin.
23.05.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2019
Finnish tonnage as the implementer for security of seaborne supply in maritime transport.
Authored by Bo Österlund.
16.04.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2019
The Estonian-Finnish economic cooperation.
Authored by Alari Purju.
20.03.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2019
Bioeconomy Policies in the BSR.
Authored by Torfi Jóhannesson.
25.02.2019 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2019
Cooperation between Saint-Petersburg and Finland.
Authored by Stanislav Tkachenko.
28.12.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 10/2018
The sanctions against Russia. Are there winners and losers around the Baltic Sea?
Authored by Susanne Oxenstierna.
14.11.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 9/2018
Future of Public Sector Governance and Digitalization.
Authored by Meelis Kitsing.
25.09.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 8/2018
American policy towards the Baltic States.
Authored by Stephen Blank.
04.09.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 7/2018
Russian direct and indirect investment in the Baltic Sea
region.
Authored by Alexey V. Kuznetsov.
06.07.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 6/2018
Foreign economic relations of the Kaliningrad region.
Authored by Vitaliy Zhdanov, Vladimir Kuzin and Mikhail Pliukhin.
03.07.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2018
Why Russia is seeking to ignite a civil war in the European Union and how to stop it?
Authored by Ruslanas Iržikevičius.
18.06.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2018
On the paradoxes of foreign expansion: the experience of Polish firms.
Authored by Piotr Trąpczyński and Krystian Barłożewski.
24.04.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2018
The bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea region.
Authored by Anna Berlina.
16.02.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2018
Russia vis-à-vis Ukraine: On Some Economic Costs.
Authored by Sergey Kulik.
22.01.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2018
Chinese Direct Investment in the Baltic Sea Region.
Authored by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard.
15.01.2018 BSR Policy Briefing 5/2017
The economic impact of China on the Baltic Sea region.
Authored by Jean-Paul Larçon.
28.08.2017 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2017
National innovation and smart specialisation governance in the Baltic Sea region - Laying grounds for an enhanced macro-regional science-business cooperation.
Edited by Zane Šime.
30.05.2017 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2017
17 expert articles on the economic state of the Baltic sea region.
Edited by Kari Liuhto.
19.05.2017 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2017
Russia’s foreign relations and the Baltic Sea region.
Authored by Sergey Kulik.
21.02.2017 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2017
Russia and the security in the Baltic Sea region.
Authored by Justyna Gotkowska & Piotr Szymański.
20.12.2016 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2016
The EU-Russia relations and their reflections in the Baltic Sea region.
Authored by Stanislav L. Tkachenko.
18.05.2016 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2016
21 expert articles on the maritime cluster in the Baltic Sea region and beyond.
Edited by Kari Liuhto.
05.06.2015 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2015
17 expert articles on the subject of the natural gas revolution in the Baltic Sea region.
Edited by Kari Liuhto.
16.12.2014 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2014
A Russian Sudden Stop or Just a Slippery Oil Slope to Stagnation? Authored by Torbjörn Becker.
18.11.2014 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2014
Poland and Russia in the Baltic Sea Region: doomed for the confrontation?
Authored by Adam Balcer.
06.11.2014 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2014
Energy security in Kaliningrad and geopolitics.
Authored by Artur Usanov & Alexander Kharin.
02.06.2014 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2014
Ten policy-oriented articles on the Baltic Sea region.
Edited by Kari Liuhto.
14.10.2013 BSR Policy Briefing 4/2013
Kaliningrad nuclear power plant project and its regional ramifications.
Authored by Leszek Jesien & Łukasz Tolak.
01.09.2013 BSR Policy Briefing 3/2013
Renewable Energy Sources in Finland and Russia.
Authored by Irina Kirpichnikova & Pekka Sulamaa.
08.04.2013 BSR Policy Briefing 2/2013
Russia's accession to the WTO.
Authored by Sergey F. Sutyrin & Olga Y. Trofimenko.
22.01.2013 BSR Policy Briefing 1/2013
The process of security policy in the Baltic.
Authored by Bo Österlund.