title: The Black Sea: A Geopolitical Space of Russian Thalassocratic Ambitions
abstract: Rarely has a maritime space played such an important role in geopolitics and the regional and international balance of power. The last twenty years have brought dramatic changes to the international system and demonstrated that the end of history predicted by Fukuyama in the 1990s has not come true. Although separated by almost 8000 km, the Seas around China and the Black Sea have reached a symmetrical position in the new confrontation between the Euro-Atlantic allies and the new Sino-Russian ax
journal: Analele Universității din Oradea Seria Relații Internaționale și Studii Europene