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EU Blue hand for Ukraine in the Black Sea
Each sea basin has its own importance from different perspectives: economic, political, social, environmental and strategic. The Black Sea is not an exception. Even...
From Central Asia to the Black Sea
In early June, China unveiled a new transportation corridor when a rail cargo of 230 tons of electrical appliances worth some $2,6 million arrived...
Neutrality for the Black Sea Region Countries: Abstraction, Unattainable Goal or Effective Model?
Authors: Sergey Markedonov and Alexander Dubowy
Since 2019, the Institute for Security Policy (Vienna) has held several
expert seminars on Black Sea issues, where representatives...
The US & the Black Sea: A Troublesome Year Ahead
The US is increasingly looking inwards as internal political problems,
coupled with the ongoing election campaign, shifts Washington’s attention away
from some regions in the Eurasian...
Strategic Black Sea falls by the wayside in impeachment controversy
Presidents Donald J. Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a plateful of
thorny issues on their agenda when they met in the White House this...
The Black Sea of Economic Cooperation
Since the Ukraine crisis of 2014 the security situation in the Black Sea
region has significantly deteriorated. The annexation of Crimea by Russia as
well as...
U.S. and China Gear Up for Ideological Warfare
Within light of growing US-China
competition and problems surrounding Anaklia, Georgia's positioning as the US
key strategic partner in the region might come under question. Any...
Russia Accelerates Construction of a New Black Sea Port
Economic and technological competition between China and the US has
become an obvious fact for world politicians as well as analysts. However, as everyone
pays attention...
Turkey is the Guarantor of Peace in the Black Sea region
The wider
Black Sea region—which brings together the littoral states plus neighbouring
countries—is experiencing a rapidly shifting security environment that combines
large-scale conventional military threats, internationalized civil...
How the Caspian Sea joins the Black Sea
In the
development of international cooperation and the deepening of industrial
cooperation, the leading role belongs to the formation of a network of
international transport corridors. It...