17.11Azer Khudiyev: Synergy of the Black Sea basin: cooperation potential and new dynamics of geopolitical and geoeconomic risks

Geopolitical and geoeconomic systems are facing the process of complicating and increasing risks, which are often in harmony with new threats and challenges of the modern world. This process has a temporal character, that is, each region has its own rhythm of transformation. There are regions that are, figuratively speaking, in a “border state” - between potential destabilization and more dynamic regional cooperation. Regions of this type are usually very sensitive to all sorts of risks and can be explosive in geopolitical and geoeconomic terms. In our opinion, the current Black Sea basin is one of such regions. For it, minimizing of current risks is vital.

17.11A 2020 Vision for the Black Sea Region

A Report by the Commission on the Black Sea

17.11EU supports better cooperation in the Black Sea region

By encouraging cooperation between the countries surrounding the Black Sea, the Black Sea synergy offers a forum for tackling common problems while encouraging political and economic reform.

14.11Diyar Guldogan: Russia must end occupation of Ukraine for stability

7.2% of Ukrainian territory under Russian occupation, says top official from Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

12.10Azer Khudiyev: Principles of the theory of new regionalism and the problem of regional security in the South Caucasus

Against the backdrop of increasing global geopolitical turbulence every year, the problem of ensuring regional security becomes even more urgent. According to the common opinion of scientists and politicians, in the transformation of the modern world order, the regional factor in the political, cultural, geopolitical and economic contexts is considered an essential instrument influencing the formation of the global security system. The logic of transition from safe and stable regions to a safe and stable world requires an appropriate foreign policy from regional players. In this context, Azerbaijan's foreign policy stands out for its predictability, openness and constructiveness.

22.05Azer Khudiyev: “One Belt, One Road”: A New Model of Globalization?

The transformation of the world order in the period of global turbulence is accompanied by numerous complications of various kinds. The degree of uncertainty in interstate relations increases, new risks appear, and uncertainty increases. In the context of globalization, these factors make the world system very sensitive to geopolitical fluctuations. At the regional and global levels, building a more successful model of integration and cooperation is being actualized. A kind of struggle begins between existing approaches to global integration and alternative models. In view of these general processes, the growing experts' interest to the High-level 'Belt and Road' Forum for International Cooperation seems more than normal.

21.05NATO Foreign Ministers agree to enhance security in the Black Sea region

Meeting in Washington D.C. on Thursday (4 April 2019), NATO Foreign Ministers agreed a package of measures to improve NATO’s situational awareness in the Black Sea region and strengthen support for partners Georgia and Ukraine.

20.05Black Sea Security 1 (33) 2019

This year first issue of the Black Sea Security Magazine is devoted to the 5th Anniversary of the Russian occupation of Crimea. It is important not only to not forget that was going on in Crimea, but to give a proper assessment of these events. In this issue, we provide an analysis of the events preceding the invasion, their course, what could have been done, what was not done and what can we expect. This time Editorial board engaged well-known Ukrainian and foreign experts to the analysis of the Crimean episode of the Putin wars and today's actions of Russia in the Black Sea and Azov region.

18.05SIPRI informs on Black Sea security

SIPRI has expanded its research on security issues in the Black Sea region by launching a new series of publications. Each publication analyses a different issue or provides context to a current security dilemma in the region.

15.05Russia and Black Sea security

The Black Sea region is experiencing a changing military balance. The six littoral states (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine) intensified their efforts to build up their military potential after Russia’s takeover of Crimea and the start of the internationalized civil war in eastern Ukraine in 2014.