... Sea Region generally agree that acceding to NATO was a good idea. For example, the Turkish political scientist Mitat Çelikpala and his Greek colleague Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
state
that “three of the six littoral states are NATO members (Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria) and two others (Ukraine and Georgia) seek to enhance their relationship with NATO.” At the same time, we would like to note that if Çelikpala and Triantaphyllou support the territorial integrity of Georgia and Ukraine (which is certainly ...
... training sea range to perform training missions.
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Certainly, these events have a special significance for their participants, who exchange information and expand cooperation. The Blackseafor
was established
for this purpose in 2001 and had Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Georgia participate. Today, we can hardly say that the states of the Black Sea region have a complete understanding on security matters: joint exercises with the participation of all states
have not been held
since ...
... territory of countries of the former socialist bloc. .
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Yuri Nadtochei:
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The interest expressed by Baltic countries and Poland in having a U.S. military presence is no longer surprising at all. But why are Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, which do not even share borders with Russia, expressing a similar desire? These countries are characterized by extremely
low ratio of military expenses versus GDP
: Bulgaria and Romania spend 1.3-1.4% of GDP on army needs, while Hungary spends ...
