A POSSIBLE SOLUTION: A SYNERGIC PONTIC-MEDITERRANEAN CONTINUUM
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION: A SYNERGIC PONTIC-MEDITERRANEAN CONTINUUM
Author(s): Grigore AlexandrescuSubject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: synergy; the initial geo-physical platform; Barcelona Process; Euro-Med Partnership; the Synergy of the Black Sea; the Eastern Partnership; the regional security;
Summary/Abstract: During the evolution of the whole European civilization, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea have been tightly connected not only by waters, but also by their peoples’ common fate. It has determined the scene to generate a synergic effect in the Euriasan and Eurafrican relation. Therefore, on both shores, there have been achieved confluences sheltering the civilizations' essences developing in this part of the world and building some indisputable systems of values. Today, guiding ourselves after the history’s lessons, EU may stimulate the achievement of a synergic continuum from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea, for providing a larger and more flexible dialogue framework, one that should give coherence and substance to the policies addressing the area. This mechanism may work for turning into dynamic the current regional cooperation process, by an intensified dialogue which should increase the trust of the states from these three continents.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 97-99
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English