Black Sea
Turkish-Armenian détente: A plus for regional stability
October 14, 2009By Ian O. Lesser On Saturday, the Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Armenia met in Zurich and signed accords aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and opening their closed border. They also agreed to a series of consultations and confidence-building...
- April 03, 2007
By Professor Stephen Blank, ISCIP Taken in their totality, security dynamics in and around the Black Sea littoral exhibit a stark dualism. To the south and west, we see a picture of progressive advance, despite substantial (if gradually eroding) impediments...
Frozen conflicts ring Black Sea region
December 23, 2006By Leon Mangasarian Berlin - The Black Sea region's frozen conflicts are unresolved wars or disputes which involve Russia. They include Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. All four of these territories are diplomatically...