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Author NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security Challenges in the Black Sea region (2006 : Oxford, England)

Title Black Sea security : international cooperation and counter-trafficking in the Black Sea region / edited by Fiona Houston, W. Duncan Wood and Derek M. Robinson
Published Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 137 pages) : maps
Series NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics ; v. 74
NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics ; v. 74.
Contents Title; Contents; List of Maps; Black Sea Security Cooperation Workshop Contributors; Preface: Crime and Confrontation in the Black Sea; Section I The Black Sea in Context; Executive Summary: Prospects for Black Sea Security Cooperation; Welcome to Oxford: A Tradition of Conflict Resolution; Post 9/11 Security: New Challenges and New Responses; The Black Sea -- A Key Strategic Corridor; Section II Security Challenges in the Black Sea Region; The Harvard Black Sea Security Program: Encouraging Regional Security based on Cooperation and Integration; Energy Security and Transit States
Summary The Black Sea is a vital strategic crossroads between Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Comprising at least ten countries, with diverse religious, cultural, political and economic backgrounds, the region was shaped historically by centuries of conflict between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and in the 20th century by the rise and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent post-Cold War emergence of newly independent states. The region faces emerging security challenges of major international strategic interest, not least because 80% of all Russian gas destined for Europ
Notes "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security Challenges in the Black Sea region, Oxford, UK, 12-14 June 2006"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject National security -- Black Sea -- International cooperation -- Congresses
Crime prevention -- Black Sea -- International cooperation -- Congresses
Piracy -- Black Sea -- Congresses
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
Crime prevention -- International cooperation
National security -- International cooperation
Piracy
Black Sea
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Houston, Fiona
Wood, W. Duncan.
Robinson, Derek M.
ISBN 9781607506379
1607506378