title: The Black Sea Region in the Context of the Clash of Five Global Geopolitical Projections: Novorossiya, the Wider Black Sea Region, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Three Seas Initiative, and the Turkish World
abstract: Introduction. The modern Black Sea region is a strategic kernel of global geopolitical rivalry of leading powers. The events of the Crimean Spring, Crimea's reunification with the Russian Federation, and the Special Military Operation that followed initiated a fundamental revision of the post-bipolar, Western-cen- tric model of world order, introducing escalation risks for the policies of Russia, the United States, China, the European Union, Turkey, and Iran in this macroregion. The aim of this 
journal: REGIONOLOGY