title: The Stakes of the Ukrainian Crisis in the Black Sea
abstract: Among the most significant security concerns involving a confrontation between the Euro- Atlantic community and Russia since 1991, the Ukrainian crisis seems to reveal a greater geopolitical game, which cannot be understood without analyzing the strategic issues in the Black Sea region. The North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union on the one hand and the Russian Federation on the other hand, have indeed conflicting interests regarding security, energy and economy in the Pontic area. The an
journal: Revue internationale et stratégique