Dr. Silviu NATE Abstract. The Black Sea is a challenging operational environment for allied forces due to limited geographical features, reorientation in coastal states' foreign policy, and the maintenance of regional conflicts. Russia's military posture suggests developing an allied deterrence s … [Read more...]
TURKISH BLACK SEA STRATEGIES
Süreyya YİĞİT, PhD Abstract. The Black Sea can be divided into two time periods after the Cold War. One, where Russia was inward-looking and passive, the other when it has chosen to be outward looking, perceived as aggressive and highly active. Turkish policy has had to manage its northern neigh … [Read more...]
MAREA NEAGRĂ – STRATEGII 2020: O PERSPECTIVĂ STRATEGICĂ
Dr. Octavian SERGENTU Abstract. In the present study we intend to decode the threats and vulnerabilities of the Wider Black Sea Region. Evidence reveals that the Black Sea has become a troubled geopolitical area where strategic interests manifest themselves as a "war of nerves" and simulations of i … [Read more...]
ETHNIC IDENTITIES OF THE BLACK SEA PEOPLE: LIVING TOGETHER IN DIVERSITY
Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. The issue presented here is a reflection on the complexity of communities living together on the same territory, their origins still defining identity and the political determinants that have affected decisions and behaviours of entire social components. The mul … [Read more...]
EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UKRAINIAN MEASURES TO CLOSE CRIMEAN PORTS
Henning JESSEN, PhD Dimitrios DALAKLIS, PhD Abstract. After the Annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure issued a Directive entitled “On Closure of Sea Ports”, which will be the epicentre of the analysis at hand. This legal act has liquidated the administr … [Read more...]
SUFERINŢELE GEOPOLITICE ŞI GEOSTRATEGICE NAVALE ALE UNIUNII EUROPENE
Dr. Romulus HÂLDAN* Abstract: The European Union is in the middle of a real identity crisis from a military point of view, and BREXIT is a real blow in this regard. By default, the situation also extends to the EU's naval power, which, through England's exit from the EU, will be diminished by a … [Read more...]
TURCIA ÎN FAŢA VULNERABILITĂŢILOR GENERATE DE NOUL CONTEXT GEOPOLITIC ŞI GEOSTRATEGIC DIN ZONA MĂRILOR MEDITERANĂ, EGEE, NEAGRĂ ŞI CASPICĂ
Amiral (r) dr. Romulus HÂLDAN Abstract: The war in Syria and Russia's involvement in this war, but also other recent events, such as the wave of migration and the discovery of important deposits of oil and especially natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean, have produced important geostrategic and … [Read more...]
RUSIA – DRUMUL SPRE MĂRILE LUMII
Dr. Mircea MARIN* Motto: Din marea taiga până la apele britanice (cântec revoluţionar din Războiul Civil) Abstract. Russians lived for centuries with the feeling of being contained. They felt that their access to the High Seas is blocked either by geography or other (and potentially hostile) powe … [Read more...]
BLACK SEA: TOWARDS AREAS OF INFLUENCE ON MOSCOW – ANKARA AXIS?
Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. The USSR and Warsaw Pact breakup led to a new situation, with Romania and Bulgaria joining NATO and the EU, Ukraine and Georgia aspiring to, and Moldova urged by both European and Russian pressures. Meanwhile, a security barrier against NATO has emerged, with the est … [Read more...]
Scoala Internationala de Vara GeoPolitica, editia a VIII-a 13-17 iulie 2015, Bucuresti (6)
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