title: THE EFFECTS OF RUSSIA’S NAVAL BASE IN ABKHAZIA ON BLACK SEA GEOPOLITICS
abstract: One of the most intensely debated topics in international relations is whether Russia will make a new military-security move in its near abroad after Ukraine. Russia's efforts to develop a naval base in Abkhazia indicate that this crisis could spread to the eastern coastline of the Black Sea after Ukraine. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of the naval base that Russia will develop in Georgia-Abkhazia on the geopolitics of the Black Sea and the potential signs of a crisis in 
journal: Karadeniz Araştırmaları