Black Sea Security and Development
Black Sea Cooperation Policy Forum
The overall goal of the project is to enhance and institutionalise interaction among the most influential think tanks in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine in order to arrive at common positions and launch common initiatives on improving international security and cooperation in the region as well as to support all major efforts by national governments and international organisations to this end. In times when security and cooperation in the Black Sea area are on the decline due to the declining U.S. commitment, incoherent European Union policies and the rise of assertive regional powers with their own agendas such as Russia and Turkey; the lasting ‘frozen’ conflicts and the increased rates of armament of the South Caucasus countries; and the intensifying soft threats in the energy and environment spheres – a coordinated and continuous effort by the expert community of the Black Sea will offer solutions to the most pressing security dilemmas and regional cooperation issues which will feed into the joint endeavours of government players in this direction.
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