Special Issue: The European Union and the Black Sea: The State of Play

Contents of this Special Issue of the Journal of Balkan & Near Eastern Studies are:

+The European Union and the Black Sea Region in Search of a Narrative or a New Paradigm
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou

+The EU's Conflict Resolution Policies in the Black Sea Area
Licínia Simão

+Squaring the Circle: The EU's Operational Impact in the Black Sea Region
Sinem Akgul Acikmese & Cihan Dizdaroglu

+Environmental Concerns in EU–Black Sea Affairs
Tatiana Coutto & Balkan Devlen

+The EU's Democratization Efforts in the Black Sea Region: The Challenge of ‘Domesticating’ Democracy
Iryna Solonenko

+Continuities and Ruptures: Tracking the US Interests in the Black Sea Area in the Context of the ‘Pivot to Asia’
Sergei Konoplyov & Igor Delanoë

+Russian Reactions towards EU–Black Sea Integration
Maria Raquel Freire

+Turkish Policy towards the Wider Black Sea and the EU Connection
Mustafa Aydın