Baltic-Black Sea Region as a Resilient Region: Political and Security Aspects

Abstract

The conceptual bases of resilience in modern political science are analyzed, including the key conceptual approaches that are used in academic studies for understanding the policy of resilience, characterizing the reaction of subjects to stress or threat of any kind and origin. The concept of resilience is applied to analyze the cooperation among the Baltic-Black Sea countries as a regional interaction model which should be formed in order to reduce or avoid security crises.
 The Baltic-Black Sea countries have developed and formed strong ties in different dimen­sions among one another, opening an opportunity for intellectual adventures in the area of the conceptualization of their interaction modes under the regional cooperation frameworks. Based upon the analyzed doctrinal views and available documentary backgrounds on resilience in the UN and the EU, the possible visions and scenarios for the creation of the Baltic-Black Sea region as a resilient one are given. The existing and potential obstacles to cooperation in the region are highlighted. The main threats and challenges for the Baltic-Black Sea region at present are investigated.

Baltic Black Sea Union Modeling: Factors and Perspectives

“…In more recent history, the idea of creating such a single axis arose at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Baltic-Black Sea Union (BBS) programme was developed by the Latvian diplomat Siegfried Meierovits. In August 1919, at a conference near Riga, a confederation of states was created -the Baltic-Black Sea Union (BBS), with the aim of developing cooperation in the fields of defence, economy, a common banking and monetary system, a political convention on mutual support and common foreign policy, and ensuring a free route from the Baltic to the Black Sea (Gladysh, 2020). Signed a programme document on the creation of countries such as Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine.…”

“…The problem of developing multilateral cooperation in the Baltic-Black Sea region is also very topical. A comprehensive study of the cultural, political and socio-economic issues of the Baltic Sea region, including the problems of security and cooperation between the countries of the Baltic and Black Sea regions, has become the subject of research in the scientific works of a significant number of scientists (Maciejewski, 2002;Melchiorre, 2009;Tassinari, 2005); in the Black Sea (Aydin, 2005); issues of political cooperation and security of the BBS Union (Volovich, 2016;Georgievska, 2020;Gladysh, Krayevska, Golovko-Havrysheva, 2020;Ryzhenko, 2021;Yakovenko, 2016) etc.…”

Ukraine: Geopolitical realities and regional development perspectives

“…Geographically, Ukraine is situated at a major crossroad, where two great geopolitical projects collide: the European integration versus Russia's efforts to hold into its sphere of influence over the former Soviet republics (Gladysh et al, 2020; Simionov & Pascariu, 2017). Under these circumstances, Ukrianian society has been split between the two geopolitical choices, and since the fall of the Soviet Union has tried to balance both projects to their own national interests (Korosteleva, 2010; Moga et al, 2021; Nitoiu & Simionov, 2022).…”

“…Ukraine changed recently its position from a 'decision-taker' on international processes to a decisionmaker, since the Ukrainian peace formula is on the negotiation table as a model for the post-war regulation in many countries worldwide. Recent security initiatives with reviving the idea of Lublin Triangle focusing on deepening cooperation between Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine, are facing aggressive threats while the political influence and potential of Ukraine as a regional political actor are growing.Geographically, Ukraine is situated at a major crossroad, where two great geopolitical projects collide: the European integration versus Russia's efforts to hold into its sphere of influence over the former Soviet republics (Gladysh et al, 2020;Simionov & Pascariu, 2017). Under these circumstances, Ukrianian society has been split between the two geopolitical choices, and since the fall of the Soviet Union has tried to balance both projects to their own national interests (Korosteleva, 2010;Moga et al, 2021;Nitoiu & Simionov, 2022).…”