Strategic Disputes in the Black Sea Region

Wolfram Hilz, Professor of Political Science with a special focus on Foreign and Security Policy and European Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany. Shushanik Minasyan-Ostermann, Research fellow with a special focus on EU Neighbourhood Policy and Energy Policy at the University of Bonn, Germany.

• Introduction.- Europe’s Failed Strategic Ambitions: Lessons from the Eastern Partnership and the Ukraine Conflict 2013/14.- The Black Sea: A Recent History Through Romania’s Eyes.- Towards Green Interdependence? The European Green Deal and EU's Energy Cooperation with South Caucasus Countries.- The Promotion of Democracy and Great Power Politics: The Prism of Energy.- The Long-Growing Rise of Russian Assertiveness Toward its Post-Soviet Neighbors in Europe.- Punishment or Modus Vivendi? How to Deal with Post-Soviet de facto Regimes?.- Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Identity in the Black Sea Region – From a Cooperative to a Combative State.- Without a Compass in Dangerous Waters. A Georgian Perspective on the Geopolitical Shifts in the Black Sea Region.- Black Sea Security After Russia’s war Against Ukraine: Transformation of the Status Quo?.- Election Monitoring Civil Society Organizations in Georgia in Times of Democratization and Autocratization.- Freedom, Equality and Control as the Role of Free Media in Times of Political Disturbance and Threats. Case Studies from Polish Media System after 2015..- Perspectives.