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The Mediterranean Eskadra and Russia’s military-political strategy in the Mediterranean Basin

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  • Stephen Blank
  • Younkyoo Kim

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Russia seeks to convert the Black Sea into a Russian lake. This entails projecting power well into the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2013 Moscow has reinforced the missile, air defence, and submarine component of its Mediterranean Eskadra (Squadron) to deny NATO access to the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas. This article explains how and why Russia's Mediterranean Eskadra has become a major arm of Russia's military-political strategy in these waters. By analysing its missions, roles, and activities the article shows how Moscow conducts innovative, sophisticated, yet simultaneously traditional military-political operations to maximise and enhance its global standing in accordance with its own strategy. The article further argues that the Eskadra's creation and deployment corresponds not just to the revival of Russian military capability in 2013, but also to a much broader Russian perspective on contemporary war, and analyzes Russia's political considerations in the deployment of major military forces in the Mediterranean Basin.

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  • Stephen Blank & Younkyoo Kim, 2021. "The Mediterranean Eskadra and Russia’s military-political strategy in the Mediterranean Basin," Defense & Security Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(4), pages 453-471, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdanxx:v:37:y:2021:i:4:p:453-471
    DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2021.1995969
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