Neutrality for the Black Sea Region Countries: Abstraction, Unattainable Goal or Effective Model?

... the European Union, the United States, Russia and the former Soviet countries in the Black Sea Region have already identified existing contradictions between the sides,... ... tend to refer not only to the six countries that have a coastline on the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine) but also to neighbouring states. It is, thus, no coincidence... ... integrity of Georgia . At the same time, Turkey (which has the second-largest army in NATO in terms of manpower) does not blindly follow Washington’s lead on all matters...