A General Assessment of the Developments in the Black Sea Region since 1990

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A General Assessment of the Developments in the Black Sea Region since 1990

Öz

The Black Sea region is increasingly becoming a priority on
the international agenda since the collapse of Soviet Union.
Almost twenty years ago, it did not even appeared on many
political maps.1
It was considered a borderline between NATO
and its member in the region Turkey and the Warsaw Pact.
However, in the contemporary international politics, Black Sea is
one of the most salient regions where balance of power has
changed and new geopolitical discourses emerged. Many important
factors contributed to this development. First of all, especially in
the last ten years, the Black Sea as a regional project represents
new security and cooperation patterns in the new international
system. New security patterns, such as energy and environment,
are now in the gaining more importance. Beside these systemic
transformations, political conditions in the Black Sea region have
also changed. While there were only two players in the region
before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Today, there are five
littoral states. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• A General Assessment
• Developments in the Black Sea
• Region since 1990