1st Edition
The European Union and the Black Sea The State of Play
Introduction – The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union Sinem Akgul Acikmese and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
1. The European Union and the Black Sea Region in Search of a Narrative or a New Paradigm Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
2. The EU’s Conflict Resolution Policies in the Black Sea Area LicÃnia Simão
3. Squaring the Circle: The EU’s Operational Impact in the Black Sea Region Sinem Akgul Acikmese and Cihan Dizdaroglu
4. Environmental Concerns in EU – Black Sea Affairs Tatiana Coutto and Balkan Devlen
5. The EU’s Democratization Efforts in the Black Sea Region: The Challenge of ‘Domesticating’ Democracy Iryna Solonenko
6. Continuities and Ruptures: Tracking the US Interests in the Black Sea Area in the Context of the ‘Pivot to Asia’ Sergei Konoplyov and Igor Delanoë
7. Russian Reactions towards EU – Black Sea Integration Maria Raquel Freire
8. Turkish Policy towards the Wider Black Sea and the EU Connection Mustafa Aydın
Biography
Sinem Akgul Acikmese is Associate Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her research interests include Security Studies, European security, EU foreign and security policy, European integration as well as Turkey–EU relations.
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou is Associate Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, and the Director of the Center for International and European Studies. His research interests focus on EU external relations and neighbourhood policies; Black Sea security; Greek–Turkish relations; and democratization.
