The role of civil society in the process of cross-border cooperation in the Far East

Abstract

The author made an attempt to draw attention to the institutions of civil society as to an important resource of diplomacy, and also a problem of use of the national (public) diplomacy in the course of cross-border cooperation in the boundary space of the Far-Eastern federal district. At this moment cross-border cooperation is one of the ways of maintenance and development of the relations with the adjacent states, an increase of permeability of the space on the both sides of the border. The analysis carried out by the author of the article allows reveal a number of features of participation of the representatives of civil society in the process of cross-border cooperation in the Far East, to draw the directions and forms of this cooperation. Proceeding from this analysis, the author made a number of practical recommendations about the research problem.