Crimea and the quest for energy and military hegemony in the Black Sea region: governance gap in a contested geostrategic zone
Journal: Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
Year: 2015

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its destabilization of Eastern Ukraine have radically altered the European security order, with the Black Sea region becoming an acutely contested geostrategic zone. Russia’s strategic interests in the Black Sea region, especially in terms of energy and military presence, collide with those of Ukraine, Turkey, the European Union and the United States, among others, and expose the governance gap left by the existing conventions and institutions in dealing with th