), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Turkey, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Romania. By using qualitative …This paper aims to analyse the cooperation and security dynamics that characterise the Black Sea Region (BSR) since the …, this working paper seeks to shed light on the complex political and security considerations that shape the future prospects …

Turkey's popularity in the MENA region has increased since the AKP's rise to power in 2002. People-to-people contacts …, economic progress, and a perceived European lifestyle have contributed to Turkey's popularity in the MENA region. Turkey … standards of Western states and its calls for reform of the international system are welcomed. Turkey's increased popularity …

never-ending dispute between Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus are -all together- reshuffling the regional geopolitical …, the civil war in Syria, the emergence of Turkey as leading regional power, the tensions between Israel and Gaza and the … equilibrium. At the same time natural gas findings are flourishing in the offshore of Egypt, Israel, and Cyprus, reshaping the …

broadened to accord greater priority to areas including defence, security, political relations and people-to-people contact …

When Britain joined the European Union in 1973, virtually all aspects of its environmental policy were determined at … the national level within Britain. Thirty years on, the policy and political landscape of environmental politics has … rapidly developing areas of EU activity. The purpose of this paper is to inform a much wider public debate about Britain …

the EU does not have a unique army or a strong political leadership, the presence - as major actors - of NATO and the … interests are involved. As a neighbour state, member of the EU and NATO, Romania is directly concerned by the present …

challenges and threats to the Western liberal order and security architecture. This DIIS Report takes a closer look at one of … these strongmen, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The picture it paints, however, is not one of confidence and strength …. Rather, the statements and actions of Erdogan and Turkey increasingly seem to be born of the frustration that increasing …

's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has increasingly come into focus since the beginning of the Russian war of … aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6's political and security cooperation with external … actors such as Russia, China and Turkey. Within the WB6, the two "outliers" of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Republika …

security anchorage in NATO. As well as securing its leadership role in the Black Sea region, Ankara is also keen to assert its …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 …

Organization (MçIT), and the defence industry. These shifts in the security environment as such have been shaped by the dynamics of … regime change in Turkey and post-Cold War security imperatives. …Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in June after being sworn in for the third time as the president of Turkey, Recep …