";s:4:"text";s:2545:" 17.11 Azer Khudiyev: Synergy of the Black Sea basin: cooperation potential and new dynamics of geopolitical and geoeconomic risks. security dilemmas in the period leading up to 2016. This Executive Summary seeks to analyse the Allied decision on NATO’s active engagement in enhancing Black Sea security. To conclude, the paper reflects on Romania’s Next, the main section of this paper examines the extent to which the direction NATO has moved is reflective of Romanian needs and positions, and notably in relation to security in the Black Sea. The Black Sea region is experiencing a changing military balance. Russia's occupation and militarization of Crimea, modernization of the Black Sea Fleet, and expanded forces in the Southern Military District have strengthened its leverage in the region and its power-projection capabilities into the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. August 2004 - On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria and Romania joined NATO.
Geopolitically, the Black Sea region […] The Black Sea region figures prominently in Russia's overarching goal to restore influence and control along its periphery. 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 Black Sea is a critical region for eastern European security. The wider Black Sea region—which brings together the littoral states plus neighbouring countries—is experiencing a rapidly shifting security environment that combines large-scale conventional military threats, internationalized civil wars and frozen conflicts, as … Panel VI. #NATO@70.