On 28 January, a week after the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, the US destroyer USS Porter passed in the Black Sea to join the USS Donald Cook (destroyer) and USNS Laramie (replenishment oiler) to fulfil its routine…

At a time when the tension between Ukraine and Russia has increased and news reports about Russian military build-up along the Ukrainian border is making headlines, a recently published statement (8 April) by the Russian Defence Ministry Southern Military…

To read the first article of this series, click here. To read the second article of this series, click here. To read the third article of this series, click here. On 24 April 2021, Ukrainian Minister of Interior Arsen Avakov issued a statement in which he…

Deniz ÜNVER Independent Researcher

Deniz Ünver

“What happens in the Black Sea does not stay there.” This is what the U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee - said…

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THE BLACK SEA SAGA: EMPIRES, CONFLICTS, AND THE SHAPING OF A NEW WORLD ORDER

THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE, ENERGY SECURITY AND THE STABILITY OF THE BLACK SEA REGION