The Caspian Five and the Arctic Five – Critical similarities
Journal: SEER
Year: 2014

The world's attention remains focused on Ukraine, with Crimea portrayed as its hotbed. No wonder, since the peninsula is an absolutely pivotal part of the Black Sea theatre, with implications for the very survival of the Black Sea fleet as regards both Russia and Ukraine. The greater context of this call of 'confrontational nostalgia' blows the dust off the old chapters of history books, full of overt and covert struggles between Atlantic-central Europe (lately aided by the US) and Russophone Eu