title: Black Sea Security in the Context of Nato-Russia Relations Since March 2014
abstract: The annexation of Crimea in March 2014 alarmed mostly Eastern European Members of the Alliance as well as USA and three large Europeans in NATO (Germany, France and Britain). Similar processes had been experienced between Georgia and Russia both between 1990 and 1992 and in summer 2008. These clashes are not a coincidence since Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) has stationed in Crimea for almost two centuries. Considering coastal countries of the Black Sea the inclusion of Turkey into the Alliance 
journal: Kırklareli University Institutional Repository (Kırklareli University)