title: Russian Growing Influence in the Black Sea: Implications on Regional Security
abstract: After world war 2, a cold war between west and USSR started and ended with the disintegration of USSR into multiple independent states. This event led to a major geopolitical shift and reshaped the politics of the region. Black sea is located at the center of these states, it is a gateway of Eastern Europe to global sea lanes of communication and Mediterranean and it links Europe to Caucasus and Middle East. Russia considers Black sea as significant for its geopolitical and strategic goals, driv
journal: ACADEMIA International Journal for Social Sciences