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Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?

Year 2018, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 72 - 92, 07.10.2018

Mitat Çelikpala Emre Erşen

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This article seeks to explore the development of the new security environment in the Black Sea and its implications for the future of regional dialogue  between Turkey and Russia. The radically altered strategic balance in the Black Sea after the Russian-Georgian war in 2008 and Russia’s annexation of  Crimea in 2014 have urged Turkish policymakers to revise their traditional policies toward this region. Yet Ankara currently faces four main challenges in this quest: i) maintaining the status quo established by the Montreux Convention, ii) protecting its interests vis-à-vis Russia’s strengthened military presence in the Black Sea, iii) dealing with the significant security implications of the three Russian anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) spheres built around Turkish territories, 4) accommodating the diverse Black Sea policies of its NATO allies without alienating Russia. 

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Turkey Russia Black Sea Caucasus NATO Montreux Convention Jet Crisis

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Year 2018, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 72 - 92, 07.10.2018

Mitat Çelikpala Emre Erşen

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Primary Language English
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Emre Erşen

Publication Date October 7, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018 Volume: 23 Issue: 2

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APA Çelikpala, M., & Erşen, E. (2018). Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, 23(2), 72-92.
AMA Çelikpala M, Erşen E. Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?. PERCEPTIONS. October 2018;23(2):72-92.
Chicago Çelikpala, Mitat, and Emre Erşen. “Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 23, no. 2 (October 2018): 72-92.
EndNote Çelikpala M, Erşen E (October 1, 2018) Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 23 2 72–92.
IEEE M. Çelikpala and E. Erşen, “Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?”, PERCEPTIONS, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 72–92, 2018.
ISNAD Çelikpala, Mitat - Erşen, Emre. “Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 23/2 (October 2018), 72-92.
JAMA Çelikpala M, Erşen E. Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?. PERCEPTIONS. 2018;23:72–92.
MLA Çelikpala, Mitat and Emre Erşen. “Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. 72-92.
Vancouver Çelikpala M, Erşen E. Turkey’s Black Sea Predicament: Challenging or Accommodating Russia?. PERCEPTIONS. 2018;23(2):72-9.
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