41. Developing a New Euro-Atlantic Strategy for the Black Sea Region
- Author:
- Ronald D. Asmus
- Publication Date:
- 06-2004
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- A series of historically unprecedented events have brought the attention of the West to the wider Black Sea region—that area including the littoral states of the Black Sea, Moldova, and the Southern Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. An area that has heretofore been neglected by the Euro-Atlantic community is now starting to move from the periphery to the center of Western attention. Why has the West heretofore lacked such a strategy for the Black Sea region in the past and what has changed to make one so critical now? Four main factors explain the past lack of interest.
- Topic:
- NATO, Regional Cooperation, European Union, and Conflict
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Europe, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Black Sea