“Resting” at the Black Sea: Russia’s Latest Military Maneuvers
Since the 2008 war with Georgia, Russia has regularly held military maneuvers on the Black Sea. This March, about 30 ships, 7,000 personnel, and more than 20 airplanes and helicopters…
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Should Europe Care About Black Sea Security?
The Black Sea region has only recently appeared on Europe’s radar as something that is part of the continent and, therefore, in need of some attention and perhaps even action.…
The Black Sea Region in Russia’s Current Foreign Policy Paradigm
In the two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s vision and policy toward the Black Sea region (BSR) has gone through at least four stages: The “initial…
Towards a Strategic Respite in the Black Sea
In this brief paper I will try to analyze whether the Black Sea may acquire a meaningful place in the international relations of Eurasia. While there are very few reasons…
Securitization and Identity: The Black Sea Region as a ‘Conflict Formation’
In the 1990s, many studies of regions at Europe’s margins were grounded in a “New Regionalism” approach. This approach focused on a type of intra-regional relations, in which security ranked…
Black Sea Security and the Rising Role of Religion
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), like any autocephalous church, has an exclusive territory of jurisdiction, but its canonical territory extends beyond Russia’s state borders. Russian authorities would like to reinforce…
Alternative Approaches to Black Sea Regional Security: A Ukrainian Perspective
In August 2008, the Russian Federation demonstrated the will to exercise the concept of a “multipolar world” through military action. Most regional powers are unlikely to accept this concept, which…
The Hemshin, Homshetsi, or Hemshinli? Armenian Speaking Muslim People of the Black Sea Region
This memo is based primarily on field research material gathered in the areas of Hemshil settlements, including the villages of Vpered, Erik, Kim, Kalinin, and Kubanskaya, all of which are…
Ukraine’s Search for a Regional Foreign Policy: One Year After the Orange Revolution
The Borjomi declaration of Ukraine and Georgia in August 2005, and the first summit of the widely-announced Community for Democratic Choice (CDC) scheduled for December 1-2, 2005, have set an…
The Baltic-Black Sea Connection: A Region in the Making or a Political Project?
Russia’s border with its immediate European neighbors is shaped through a variety of transborder initiatives, each of which has its own regionbuilding potential. These initiatives lack a single source. Transborder…