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Black Sea, A Potential Friction Venue Between Russia And The West: Turkey Holds The Key To The Region

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  • Tulun, Teoman Ertuğrul

    (Center For Eurasian Studies (AVİM))

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At the Warsaw Summit of 9 July 2016, NATO heads of state and government for the first time after the end of the cold war period directly mentioned the “Russia’s aggressive actions, including provocative military activities “and defined these acts as damaging the Euro-Atlantic security. After referring to Russia’s destabilizing actions and policies including “the ongoing illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea” and “provocative military activities near NATO borders, including in the Baltic Sea and Black Sea”, they announced their decision to enhance defense posture by forward presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. In this context, in addition to Baltic Sea region, they stressed the evolving challenges and deteriorated security situation in the Black Sea region and stated their intention to support regional efforts by Black Sea littoral states aimed at ensuring security and stability. In fact, the game-changer event for NATO and the West in the Black Sea region is the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Up until then NATO has looked mainly to Baltic states and Kaliningrad region for Russian military activities and focused bulk of its efforts in northeastern Europe. Transatlantic policymakers often overlooked the Black Sea’s importance and this region’s critical role in energy and commerce between Europe, Central Asia, Turkey, and Russia.

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  • Tulun, Teoman Ertuğrul, 2017. "Black Sea, A Potential Friction Venue Between Russia And The West: Turkey Holds The Key To The Region," OSF Preprints sjcx3, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:sjcx3
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/sjcx3
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