Format:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781409422143
Series Statement:
The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Ser.
Content:
The nation states in the Black Sea area have initiated many co-operative policies but the area also sees numerous tensions between neighboring states. The conflict-co-operation paradox, along with ethnic fragmentation and shared culture, are two of the most salient features of the Black Sea Area. These paradoxes are not the only force in the evolution of the region though. There are also issues such as ethnic and national identity, the failure of democratization, energy and resources, as well as the influence of other powers such as Russia, the EU and the USA. The key questions asked by the authors in this book are: to what extent is there an emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area? Is the Black Sea a region? What are the common interests shared by the former USSR states, the three EU member states neighboring the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, and a NATO country - Turkey? Are the fault-lines dividing them more pervasive than the incentives for cooperation? Can we speak of a shared identity? The first part of the book places the Black Sea problematique in a wider historical and spatial context. The authors then take a closer look at the region and examine further the structure of the Black Sea area. They offer a perspective on smaller actors with great ambitions, such as Azerbaijan and Romania, and go on to make a comparison between the emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area and regionalisms in other parts of the world.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Identities, Space, and History -- 1 Fluid Histories: Culture, Community, and the Longue Durée of the Black Sea World -- 2 Two Axes, Three Seas: A Geopolitical Assessment of the Wider Black Sea Area -- Part II: Structural Evolutions after the Cold War: Black Sea Cooperation and the Great Powers -- 3 The Black Sea Area within the International System: The Struggle for Influence -- 4 Energy Politics in the Black Sea Region -- 5 Normative Narratives of EU Foreign Policy in the Black Sea Region -- 6 The Russian Factor in the Wider Black Sea Region -- Part III: Regionalism in National Perspectives -- 7 New Regionalization for a New Regional Leader? The Role of Azerbaijan in the Southern Caucasus -- 8 Black Sea Regional Leadership in Romanian Foreign Policy Discourse -- Part IV: A Regionalism Like No Other? The Black Sea in Comparative Perspective -- 9 Regionalism at the Margins: East Central European and Black Sea Regional Cooperation Initiatives -- 10 A Comparison of Caribbean and Black Sea Regionalisms -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781409422136
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781409422136
Language:
English
Keywords:
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