TY  - JOUR
T1  - CANAL ISTANBUL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE SECURITY
AU  - Kalinov, Todor
PY  - 2019
DA  - September
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.592321
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 756
EP  - 767
VL  - 5
IS  - 14
LA  - en
AB  - Canals are built for economic enhancement throughtransportation improvement. Canals become nods not only of enormous financialinterests, but of political and security importance. Many canals, like PanamaCanal and Suez Canal have been a reason for political and military confrontation.This is the reason planning process of a canal to take in considerationpolitical and security effects in addition to economic reasons for itsexistence. Canals security challenges originate from their ‘choke points’characteristics. Canals are of vital importance to the global economy becausethey are critical elements of sea lines of communications (SLOCs) and link seasand oceans, providing shorter, cheaper, and safe maritime trade. The maritimesecurity requires control of these choke points. Position and capabilities of acanal specify its importance for the national, regional, and the global policyand security. The Eastern Roman Empire, The Ottoman Empire and its successorRepublic of Turkey have defended for centuries the Black Sea straits zone fromraids and attempts to take it away with force. Additional waterway in straitsarea will increase security importance of the area, and will heighten thesecurity importance of the straits. The link between Black Sea and theMediterranean is of great importance for Europe, Asia, North Africa, NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization, and the European Union. This brings the projectfor canal between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara to a vital position formany countries. Canal Istanbul project is scheduled to become operational in2023. The canal may bring not only additional waterway and prosperity, but tooriginate security challenges, also. They will range over defence, generalsecurity and order, political, and environmental domains. The published informationaroused discussions about Canal Istanbul’s affect on local nature and people inTurkey, its impact on international maritime traffic, and possibility to‘surround’ the Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits signed atMontreux, July 20th, 1936. Defence and protection review for Canal Istanbul isincluded in this article, along with proposals. Important part of the articleis the overview and comparison between Montreux Convention and the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
KW  - Canal Istanbul
KW  - Black Sea
KW  - strait
KW  - security
KW  - maritime
KW  - Montreux convention
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