... the fact that the region’s borders are not clearly fixed. Generally speaking, when discussing the situation in the region, politicians and experts tend to refer not only to the six countries that have a coastline on the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine) but also to neighbouring states. It is, thus, no coincidence that the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) founded 28 years ago (if we consider the Bosphorus Statement its constituent declaration) includes Albania,...
... sea range to perform training missions.
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Certainly, these events have a special significance for their participants, who exchange information and expand cooperation. The Blackseafor
was established
for this purpose in 2001 and had Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Georgia participate. Today, we can hardly say that the states of the Black Sea region have a complete understanding on security matters: joint exercises with the participation of all states
have not been held
since 2014. The Blackseafor ...
... 2015, and that both Moscow and Ankara are on the verge of entering of have already entered in a more or less open confrontation for supremacy in the Black Sea basin and beyond.
Despite Russia’s greater military footprint in the Black Sea and Russia-Turkey tensions, Ankara may still think twice before joining Romania’s initiative. Since 1991, Turkey has launched a set of initiatives aimed at strengthening regional cooperation under its leadership: the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization or BSEC (1992), the naval task force BlackSeaFor (1998) ...
