’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has in­creasingly come into focus since the beginning of the Russian war of … actors such as Russia, China and Turkey. Within the WB6, the two "outliers" of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Republika …

China, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Their engagement has been most evident in the areas of direct …

Turkey’s policy in the Black Sea region is the result of not only a complex relationship with Russia but also of a … and Russian vision of a regional order that excludes external actors. This can be seen in the way Turkey interpreted the … Montreux Convention after the outbreak of war in Ukraine and in the way the Black Sea Grain Initiative came about. Under the …

as a projection area for Russian and Turkish visions of regional order. Turkey’s special role in the region stems … unilateral spheres of influence and dominance. The non-riparian states are supposed to be excluded. For Turkey, the Montreux … service of its own interests. NATO’s room for manoeuvre, on the other hand, has been reduced in the current situation. Turkey …

President Vladimir Putin escalated Russia's war on Ukraine in September 2022, announcing a partial mobilisation and …

role in nego­tiations. Civilian actors formed a broad anti-war coalition that should set the tone for peace talks from the …

Direct negotiations on a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine broke down within just a few months. Today, Moscow … and Kyiv are pursuing diplomatic initiatives in order to shape the international context of the war in their favour …. Russia’s war diplomacy aims to weaken the "collective West" at the global level as part of its strategy to bring external …