15.03.11
The Shifting Geopolitics of the Black Sea Region
Actors, Drivers and Challenges
NUPI-rapport | Oslo, Nupi | 73 sider
The Black Sea Region stands out as a region where realpolitik has come to the fore. This report maps the drivers that currently affect the shifting geopolitics of the Black Sea region.
>> Summary
Turkey and Ukraine are analyzed as competing transit routes for Eurasian gas export, Ukraine's attempts to sustain a foreign policy for European integration versus the increasing Russian 'pull’ is highlighted, and the permanence of the 'frozen conflicts' and great power engagement in South Caucasus is treated in detail.
The report holds that each of these factors will − together or separately − have an impact how the regional dynamics of the Black Sea unfolds.
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