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Security Trends in the Black Sea Region and Role of Georgia in the Energy Security of the Region
Security Trends in the Black Sea Region and Role of Georgia in the Energy Security of the Region

Author(s): Nika Chitadze
Subject(s): Security and defense, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Geopolitics
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: Energy; Security; Geopolitics;

Summary/Abstract: Due to the convenient geopolitical location, Black Sea Region is one of the most important areas in the world and plays an extremely important role in the modern global security affairs. As it is known, the fundamental changes on the political map of the region occurred at the end of 80s and the beginning of 90s of the last century, which was interrelated with the political changes in eastern Europe and post-soviet space, such as democratic transitions in Romania and Bulgaria, disintegration of the USSR and gaining the national independence by the former soviet republics from the greater Black Sea region - Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan. Today each state of the region has its own foreign policy and national security priorities.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 45-50
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English