title: The Black Sea as a Historical Meso-Region
abstract: The Black Seaa saHistorical Meso-Region 150 years after the Crimean War, the Black Sea, with the Russian annexation of the Crimea in spring 2014, returned to the centreo fw orld politics.The Black Sea region has, once again, become the scene of shifts in the basic order of Europe,reflecting its geopolitical importancea sw ell as the strong symbolic and affectivec harge of the Black Sea.1I ntroduction: What is aH istoricalM eso-Region?The concept of historical meso-region as an analytical framewo