The perseverance of transactionalism in the global arena has deep implications for the security governance of the Black Sea region. In particular, for Turkey, the linkage between the Syria crisis with the Black Sea region due to Russia’s increasing presence in the Middle East has augmented its sense of insecurity. This paper thus attempts to…
Security of NATO’s eastern flank depends a lot on the situation in the Black Sea region. Today the Alliance is trying to develop a common strategy on this issue. In this process, it is highly important to appropriately assess littoral countries’ role and capabilities in the common security architecture. Georgia is one of the essential…
European integration faces internal resistance at least for the past decade. Accompanied by a tremendous external pressure – from illegal flow of migrants to direct and indirect destructive “arrows” from the side of Russia (especially after 2013), the European political space found itself directly threatened by fragmentation. Analysing the case of the Black Sea region…
Venue: Kadir Has University, Istanbul Organizers: UA: Ukraine Analytica Center for European and International Studies, Kadir Has University With the financial support of the Black Sea Trust of the German Marshall Fund and NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine PANEL I: Is there a Black Sea Security Architecture? Is there a Black Sea security…
Venue: Odessa, Ukraine Organizers:UA: Ukraine Analytica The German Marshall Fund Discussion 1: Understanding New Security Transformations in the Black Sea Region Which threats does the West face in the Black Sea region? Has the area become an extension of the “Euro-Atlantic space” or is it becoming a southern border? What can NATO do to strengthen…
In the view of all this, the authors of the “Ukrainian Prism: Foreign Policy 2015” (Scorecards) report firmly believe that a systemic assessment and analysis of the present state of art with regular follow-ups is a requirement to launch a new Ukrainian foreign policy in a renewed state. To this end, the first issue of the annual analytical paper “Ukrainian Prism: Foreign…
