Atlantica: the International Northeast Economic Region (AINER) is defined by many things, chief among them geography, economic trends and trade patterns, common problems and experiences, and politics. The sum of these factors is a region bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north and west by Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, and on the south by Highway I-90 to Buffalo and the southern borders of the states of Vermont and New Hampshire (Figure 0.1.).

Figure 0.1: Atlantica - the International Northeast Economic Region
(AINER)

This website is devoted to the story of Atlantica, and to creating the intellectual capital that will allow the residents of this nascent cross-border region to become aware of their economic and social potential if they act as a coherent region. Actualizing this potential is not only more possible than it has ever been before, because of the growing tendency toward continental integration and globalization. It is also imperative if this region is not to continue to lose momentum as economic activity shifts to regions the present a more attractive and efficient profile to commerce.      

Here is the Story of Atlantica: the International Northeast Economic Region.

• A brief history of this unique cross-border region
• The importance of being connected to emerging international networks in a globalizing world
• Defining Atlantica
  
  • Atlantica at the center of three major trading relationships
  • Atlantica’s Neighbourhood
  • Atlantica’s shared experience of economic underdevelopment
  • Atlantica’s unique geography in an era of continental integration
• The disruptive effects of the international border on Atlantica’s economic potential  
• Why geography and infrastructure still matter in the era of the Internet and the service economy
• Thinking strategically about common economic interests
• How poor quality public policy holds Atlantica back
• Atlantica lags other North American regions in thinking beyond traditional boundaries
• An Atlantica regional coherence inventory: energy
• Cross-border regions across North America: Everybody’s doing it  

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