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The Security Context in the Black Sea Region

Author : Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317966203

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The Security Context in the Black Sea Region by Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Pdf

This book on the security context in the Black Sea region is a timely endeavour and substantive contribution to understanding the state of play in the region and its linkages to the rest of the world. With contributions from analysts from Europe, the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, the book provides a holistic perspective. Post-Cold War developments have increased interest in the Black Sea region and the role of the regional and extra-regional actors in its security issues: this volume examines the position of the United States; NATO’s involvement; the EU’s engagement; Russia and Turkey’s aspirations alongside the policies of the other states in the region as they seek a role for themselves. It illustrates and investigates key concerns such as security, energy and energy security, regionalism and good governance; and questions why a cooperative security framework (or other regional schemes which could accommodate the needs of all stakeholders) has to date never become a reality. This book adds to the growing body of research on the region, presenting the facts of the current situation and asking what can be done in the Black Sea region for it to survive given its precarious security environment. This book was published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea

Author : Deborah Sanders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317100560

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Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria. This book examines the maritime capabilities and assets of each of the six littoral Black Sea states and also considers the implications of the distribution of maritime power on both regional and international security. As such it makes an important contribution to the debate about what constitutes maritime power in the twenty first century and provides a thematic comparative study of the ability of each of the littoral states of the Black Sea to project maritime power.

The European Union and the Black Sea

Author : Sinem Akgul Acikmese,Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317400370

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The European Union and the Black Sea by Sinem Akgul Acikmese,Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Pdf

The idea for this book is derived from the scantiness of academic references on the European Union’s policies towards the Black Sea, relative to this region’s officially stated significance for the EU. Even though the EU plays a vital role in Black Sea political agendas, the EU’s cooperation with the region is not extensively covered by academic discussions and literature. This is mostly due to the fact that the EU’s focus on foreign affairs is mainly associated with the Balkans, as part the current and potential expansion, and the Middle East, as a direct consequence of the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The Black Sea region is crucially important for the EU because of the opportunities and challenges that the region presents, both politically and socio-economically. Contributions to this book mostly focus on specific issues of EU–Black Sea cooperation, from conflict to the environment to democracy, and how these particular relationships are perceived within the region as well as through the lenses of stakeholders such as Russia, Turkey, and the USA. Overall, the collection focuses on projecting a more efficient role and a holistic strategy for the EU in its approach towards the Black Sea region, testifying to the need for a strong EU presence. For this reason, the Black Sea area remains ‘the neighbourhood too close to, yet still far from, the European Union’. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

The Black Sea Region

Author : Oleksandr Pavliuk,Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315498232

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The Black Sea Region by Oleksandr Pavliuk,Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze Pdf

The ring of countries bordering the Black Sea make up one of the unstable subregions of former Soviet republics, satellites and neighbours. This volume analyses the security issues in the Black Sea region and the development of mechanisms that would promote cooperation and conflict management.

Establishing Security and Stability in the Wider Black Sea Area

Author : Peter M. E. Volten,Blagovest Tashev
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781586037659

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Establishing Security and Stability in the Wider Black Sea Area by Peter M. E. Volten,Blagovest Tashev Pdf

In this publication possible ways to promote security cooperation in the Wider Black Sea Area are being addressed. The area holds major importance for Euro-Atlantic security. Strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, the region, after the dual NATO-EU enlargement in 2004-2007, became part of the periphery of the common Euro-Atlantic security system, with critical value for European energy security and the war on terrorism. The region faces a variety of security challenges, including regional conflicts, ethnic strife, terrorism, and powerful organized crime, while many of the countries have weak institutions, turbulent political systems, unstable economies and lack of democracy. In addition, the traffic of drugs to the West, the steady stream of militancy from the Middle East, and the energy lines from the oil and gas-rich regions of the East to an energy-hungry Europe gradually define the Wider Black Sea Area as a region urgently requiring political attention and investment in its security. This publication is intended to provide fresh ideas on the possible areas of security cooperation, even as the authors agreed that comprehensive, far-reaching policies are hard to attain in the near future.

The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism

Author : Panagiota Manoli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317035145

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The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism by Panagiota Manoli Pdf

Conflict and cooperation are two dynamics that have shaped the political economy and international relations around the Black Sea since the early nineties. Despite the negative structural environment and the persistence of a high security dilemma, cooperative efforts among Black Sea actors (primarily state elites but increasingly non-state actors) have been advancing, even though slowly. Representing a new development in the study of contemporary regionalism, Panagiota Manoli examines the process of institutionalized subregional cooperation and casts new light on the factors influencing the reconfiguration of subregional structures in the region. Focusing on the primary initiative in the region, Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), Manoli traces how subregionalism has evolved since the early nineties and what has been driving and conditioning this process. Questioning whether there is a definitive nature to subregionalism, Manoli then discusses Black Sea subregionalism within the European integration process, examining the impact of the European Union. Contributing to the conceptualization of the subregional phenomenon, this book should be read by scholars and policy-makers alike unclear on how local elements interface with extra-regional forces in the shaping of a subregion.

Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus

Author : A. Ergun,H. Isaxanli
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614991878

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Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus by A. Ergun,H. Isaxanli Pdf

Cross-border cooperation is vital to overcoming obstacles to security building and the consolidation of stability, particularly in regions prone to political upheaval and conflict.This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled “Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus”. This workshop was part of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, and was held in Ankara, Turkey, in September 2011. It focused on developing a future research agenda, strengthening regional studies and increasing interdisciplinarity and the means to improve cross-border cooperation and was aimed at providing a comprehensive, interactive and interdisciplinary account of security building and cross-border cooperation in which domestic, regional and international dimensions were discussed. The book is divided into three sections. The first provides an analysis of the role of international and domestic actors in contributing to security building in the Euro-Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Southern Caucasus regions. The second section discusses the patterns of cross-border cooperation in Eastern and Central Europe and the wider Black Sea region, concentrating on Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and the Russian Federation. With references to the nature of international involvement in conflict resolution, the last section focuses on cross-border cooperation in the Southern Caucasus, where conflicts have an enormous impact on nation-building, state-building and democratization, and where prospects for stability and a viable peace remain in serious question. This book is a valuable contribution to the literature on area studies, cross-border cooperation, security, and peace studies.

The Geopolitical Black Sea Encyclopaedia

Author : Dan Dungaciu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527558069

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The Geopolitical Black Sea Encyclopaedia by Dan Dungaciu Pdf

Today, we know what the Black Sea is not from a strategic perspective, but we do not know what it is. This strategic indecision is the explanation for all the conflicts, frozen or not, explicit or tacit, and all the political and geopolitical tensions that are now taking place in this space and that are becoming endemic. The story of the Black Sea continues… This text is the first encyclopaedia explicitly dedicated to the geopolitics of the Black Sea, written for Western audiences, an academic research which appeals to the wider academic community, PhD students, professors, and researchers, and to any reader interested in geopolitics, history, international relations, economy, sociology, history, and geography.

The Geopolitics of Region Building in the Black Sea

Author : Yannis Tsantoulis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429559440

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The Geopolitics of Region Building in the Black Sea by Yannis Tsantoulis Pdf

Offering theoretical insights on region building, this book explores the attempts to formulate a political and institutional vision for the Black Sea region in the post-9/11 era and in the context of the enlargements of the EU and NATO. It investigates in depth these attempts, viewed as a failure by the key actors involved, in order to understand how regions emerge in international politics as well as how and why they may fail to come into being. To this end, the book explores a range of factors that impacted region building in the Black Sea, considering the role of region builders involved, their practices and the context of their actions, and the spatial representations and security discourses that were integral to the region building process. Hence, attention is paid to how these factors both enabled and constrained the discursive construction of the Black Sea region, thus identifying the elements that distinguish the Black Sea from other successful cases of region building. Based on critical approaches towards international relations and political geography, this book both expands and deepens the scope and understanding of regions and will thus appeal to academics and students in the fields of International Relations, Security Studies, Political Geography, and Regional Integration.

Confrontational and Cooperative Regional Orders

Author : Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429584299

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Confrontational and Cooperative Regional Orders by Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi Pdf

This book explains cooperative and confrontational regional orders in the post-Cold War era. Applying a push-and-pull framework to the evolution of regional orders, the book’s theoretical section compares regional dynamics and studies the transformation and authority of governing arrangements among key regional actors who manage security and institutional cooperation. This presents a novel approach to comparing non-Western regional orders, and helps forge a better integration between International Relations disciplinary approaches and area studies. The empirical section analyzes Central Eurasia and South America within the period 1989-2017, using case studies and interviews with decision-makers, practitioners and experts. The volume demonstrates that soft engagement strategies from extra-regional great powers and internationalist domestic coalitions framed in a stable democratic polity are forces for peaceful interaction, while hard engagement strategies from great external powers plus nationalist coalitions within democratic backsliding in key regional powers present negative outlooks for regional cooperation. This book will be of much interest to students of regional security, comparative politics, area studies and International Relations.

Black Sea Security

Author : Fiona Houston,W. Duncan Wood,Derek M. Robinson
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781607506362

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Black Sea Security by Fiona Houston,W. Duncan Wood,Derek M. Robinson Pdf

This book expands on the proceedings and subsequent contributions resulting from a NATO workshop held at Oxford University. The workshop on Black Sea security cooperation brought together key government and private sector stakeholders in the region. The first part of the book covers the security challenges to the Black Sea region. The second part looks at the prospects for shaping a new security architecture in the region, highlighting various regional law enforcement and counter-trafficking cooperation initiatives and proposing a range of technical security cooperation solutions to the ongoing challenges. The final part of the book offers perspectives on the South Ossetia conflict."--P. [4] of cover.

Torn between East and West

Author : Iulian Chifu,Simona Tutuianu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317139034

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Torn between East and West by Iulian Chifu,Simona Tutuianu Pdf

This book is a very timely account of the legal, economic and political consequences for border states caught in the current tug-of-war between the West and Russia.The Ukraine crisis of 2014 focused policy-makers’ attention on a geographical area full of dangers that had gone relatively unnoticed since the breakup of the Soviet Union, namely the security dynamics of the border states of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea. Twenty-five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a strong Russia returns alternatively threatening and cajoling, but at risk itself of suffering economic injury from western reprisals over its nostalgia for the map drawn at Yalta. That conflict, which hotted up over the Ukraine, was soon being played out over - and in the air space over - Syria and Turkey, while the border states themselves are likely to be drawn into the European refugee crisis and have the potential, after the 2015 Paris atrocities, to be breeding grounds for international terrorists. This groundbreaking book contains prescient warnings that must be heeded by leaders and diplomats on both sides of the East-West divide.

Security and Cross-border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus

Author : Ayça Ergun,Hamlet İsaxanlı
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614991861

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Security and Cross-border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus by Ayça Ergun,Hamlet İsaxanlı Pdf

"Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security and Cross/Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus, Ankara, Turkey, 23-24 September 2011"--Title page verso.

Black Swan Events on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Author : S. Ducaru,I. Nițu,M. Margvelashvili
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614999454

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Black Swan Events on NATO’s Eastern Flank by S. Ducaru,I. Nițu,M. Margvelashvili Pdf

A ‘Black Swan’ event is defined as an event with an exceptional or extraordinary character representing a surprise for the observer; one which has a wide impact and highlights something that has been neglected by observers in understanding what was critical in their system, procedure or unit. This book presents material from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Black Swans on the Eastern Flank, held in Bucharest, Romania, on 18 and 19 April 2018. The workshop was designed as a response to the need to develop agile situational awareness and analysis capabilities and skills, correlated with horizon-scanning and strategic anticipation initiatives, and was conducted with particular reference to the Balkan and Black Sea regions and in the context of the broader destabilization and destructuring trends of the international security order, the challenges posed by increasing terrorism, the escalating dynamic of cyber-attack and information manipulation, and so called hybrid tactics, together with the broader impact of new technologies on security. Two situations were presented by each participating country to generate an analysis framework for the unexpected and challenging events for each state in the region; the situations likely to become their ‘Black Swans’ between 2018-2020. The discussions during this Advanced Research Workshop highlighted the nature of the scenarios, their probability, impact and the means to tackle each situation, and the book aims to provide an instrument to better prepare the systemic prevention and response, and will be essential reading for anyone interested in potential future crises in this vulnerable part of Europe.

Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region

Author : Malina Voicu,Kseniya Kizilova,Marian Zulean
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666918267

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Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region by Malina Voicu,Kseniya Kizilova,Marian Zulean Pdf

Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea Region focuses on the nexus between geopolitical challenges and cultural framework in the Black Sea region. The volume shows how the common inheritance interferes with different religious and political institutional backgrounds, fostering the formation of a particular cultural area. The interdisciplinary approach combines contributions from the domains of sociology, political science, international relations, and security studies and employs qualitative and quantitative analyses.