The current state and prospects of cross-border cooperation: the opinion of the West Kazakhstan region residents
Abstract The article presents a study of the current state and an assessment of prospects for cross-border cooperation based on the results of the statistical data analysis and a survey of the West Kazakhstan region residents. The source of information was social networks, which determined a significant proportion of young people amongthe respondents. The authors have identified a trend of weakening mutual ties between the population. The prospects relate to the development of humanitarian ties (cultural, sports), as well as overcoming existing problems, such as reducing the time of crossing the border, improving the border infrastructure, solving the issue of international payments.
Keywords: cross-border cooperation, region, global challenges, current state, prospects of cooperation.
Highlights:
♦ a sociological study was conducted aimed atassessingthe current state and prospects of cross-border cooperation between the Samara Region and the West Kazakhstan region;
♦ against the background of increased transport and logistics activity between the West Kazakhstan region and the Samara region, compared with 2021, the number of those who are inclined to note the cooling of bilateral ties has increased;
♦ there is a need to expand humanitarian ties at the level of neighboring regions.
Galina A. Khmeleva, Maria S. Guseva, Klim 0. Kostromin - Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia