ABSTRACT
Instances of micro-level cross-border cooperation by local governments and other actors in Europe, called Euroregions, increased dramatically in the 1990s. This chapter aims to examine the role of Euroregions in these regions from the viewpoint of the regional policies of the European Union (EU) and Russia. It focuses on Euroregions outside EU territory and examines the meaning of sub-regionalism in this part of the world. Environment ministers from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia signed a document as regards environmental improvement of the Dnieper River Basin region in 2002. The area between the Soviet Union and the European Community was called "Eastern Europe" during the Cold War. The Eastern Partnership includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine as its members. The reason for which Euroregions were established along the Russia–Ukraine border was Russia's reaction to the EU's eastward expansion and the subsequent expansion of the Schengen Area.
