The Black Sea Region and EU Policy

The Black Sea region rarely hits the media headlines until the outbreak of war in Georgia in 2008, yet its importance as a focus of European Union (EU) external policy making had already been growing for several years. The area is fascinating and diverse, comprising both large and small states, with a mixture of democracies and more authoritarian regimes. Traditionally a central foreign policy concern for Russia and Turkey, since the end of the Cold War, the EU and the US have become increasingly involved in the many dimensions of Black Sea politics. This book brings together a broad range of specialists on the region to analyze the challenge of divergent agendas both within and outside the EU. More specifically it looks at how the EU's enlargement to include states on the Black Sea shore has brought about new external policies including the European Neighbourhood Policy, Black Sea Synergy and the Eastern Partnership, all representing subtly different aims and interests. The various sections in the book also examine regionalization, conflict resolution, security, relationships between the Black Sea's states and last but not least, the vital issue of energy which has begun to dominate the discussion of the region. Designed to further the debate on the future of EU policies for the Black Sea region, this book is an essential resource for students and researchers in search for a coherent picture of the inter-relationship of EU initiatives and policies in the region.

ISBN 1409412016   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781409412014 (What's this?)   Pages 176 Publisher Ashgate Publishing Group   Published in Aldershot Imprint Ashgate Publishing Limited   Height (mm) 234 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 156 Publication date 28 Nov 2010   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY 327.4016389

		List of Figures and Maps
		List of Tables
		List of Abbreviations
		Notes on Contributors
		Foreword by Graham Timmins
		Acknowledgements
		Maps
		Introduction by Karen Henderson		1
PART I		EU POLICY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION
1		European Neighbourhood Policy or Neighbourhood Policies? by Marek Cichocki		9
2		The EU in the Wider Black Sea Region: Clumsy but Attractive? by Lucia Najslova		29
3		Convergence Without Finalite: EU Strategy Towards Post-Soviet States in the Wider Black Sea Region by Kataryna Wolczuk		45
PART II		SECURITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
4		Black Sea or Black Lake? How US-Russian Tensions are Affecting EU Policy by Carol Weaver		65
5		The European Union's Increased Engagement with the South Caucasus by Dennis Sammut		79
6		A Cacophony: The EU's Security Policy Towards the South Caucasus by Syuzanna Vasilyan		87
PART III		REGIONALIZATION AND ENERGY
7		Russia and Turkey: An Ascendant Strategic Partnership in the Black Sea Neighbourhood by Tunc Aybak		107
8		Complex Regionalization in the Wider Black Sea Area by Mukhtar Hajizada		119
9		The EU's External Policy of Energy Diversification in the Wider Black (and Caspian) Sea Region: Regional Security Complex or Security Community? by Slawomir Raszewski		135
10		Conclusions: The Way Forward by Carol Weaver		161
		Index		169

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