Research Article

Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors

Volume: 19 Number: 37 December 15, 2025
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Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors

Abstract

The paper focuses on the Black Sea-Caspian region analysis, its place and role in international relations and world politics. Particular attention is paid to international transport corridors (ITC), as well as factors of stability and security in the region. Since 2013, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) can significantly increase the volume of cargo transportation between Central Asia and Europe. It fits into the EU Global Gateway initiative, which, among other things, provides for investment in the development of logistics links with Asian countries as opposed to the Chinese Belt and Road. Although the Caspian Sea has no access to the World Ocean, it is an important center of transport and trade links, as well as a source of regional cooperation and, at the same time, intense competition. The authors conclude that the conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia caused the countries of Central Asia, which generally remain neutral in the conflict, consider TITR as an alternative to the Northern Corridor and began to actively promote this trade corridor bypassing Russia. The Black Sea-Caspian region is an integral element of existing geopolitical configurations. Such territories can be as zones of interaction between socio-cultural and political flows, as well as an “apple of discord” between rival world actors. In the context of a new world order formation, favoring of one or another of the competing logistics projects can lead to a transformation of trade over a vast territory and a change in existing centers of power as well.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Economics (Other), Politics in International Relations

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 8, 2025

Publication Date

December 15, 2025

Submission Date

July 9, 2025

Acceptance Date

November 5, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 19 Number: 37

APA
Savicheva, E., & Tatlıoğlu, E. (2025). Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors. Gazi Akademik Bakış, 19(37), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1836488
AMA
1.Savicheva E, Tatlıoğlu E. Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2025;19(37):1-22. doi:10.19060/gav.1836488
Chicago
Savicheva, Elena, and Erman Tatlıoğlu. 2025. “Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19 (37): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1836488.
EndNote
Savicheva E, Tatlıoğlu E (December 1, 2025) Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19 37 1–22.
IEEE
[1]E. Savicheva and E. Tatlıoğlu, “Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors”, Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 19, no. 37, pp. 1–22, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.19060/gav.1836488.
ISNAD
Savicheva, Elena - Tatlıoğlu, Erman. “Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 19/37 (December 1, 2025): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1836488.
JAMA
1.Savicheva E, Tatlıoğlu E. Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2025;19:1–22.
MLA
Savicheva, Elena, and Erman Tatlıoğlu. “Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors”. Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 19, no. 37, Dec. 2025, pp. 1-22, doi:10.19060/gav.1836488.
Vancouver
1.Elena Savicheva, Erman Tatlıoğlu. Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2025 Dec. 1;19(37):1-22. doi:10.19060/gav.1836488