2251. Assesment of the Finnish-Russian Border: The Case of Vaalimaa Border Crossing Point
- Author:
- Vadim Kononenko and Jussi Laine
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Finnish Institute of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- The “Friendly EU Border” project, as a part of which the present report has been prepared, commences from the assumptions that external EU borders represent an important aspect of the EU's policies in the field of security and of Justice and Home Affairs. Finland, a country with a long external border with Russia, has been a member of the EU since 1995. Thus, Finland's experience is pertinent for other EU Member States that joined the Union in 2004 and 2007, most of which share their external borders with third countries outside the EU. The EU membership has certainly affected the operations of the Finnish border control, but – perhaps even more notably – the Finnish border control expertise has had a crucial influence on the way border control has been developed on European scale.
- Topic:
- Sovereignty
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Europe, Finland, and Asia