Robert E. Hamilton, Anna Mikulska, 2020
Heterogenous, varied, diverse – few other words can concisely describe the Black Sea region. Beyond their obvious geographical proximity, there is little that unites these countries. Wedged between different continents, religions, and cultures, they also vary in size, economic prowess, and geopolitical affiliation. Until 1991, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies exercised de facto hegemony over the region, with Turkey as the lone littoral state outside the Communist bloc. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the region’s diversity has been a hurdle to collaboration...
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