Skip to main content
Search for articles, authors, keywords
Abstract:

This article examines the impact of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on the strategies of the United States, United Kingdom, France, NATO, and the European Union regarding the Black Sea region. The author highlights how the invasion has emphasized the strategic importance of the Black Sea for the international order. In addition to analyzing official state actions, the author explores the academic and intellectual discourse in the United States, United Kingdom, and France to assess the region’s strategic significance.

Creative Commons BY-SA

Article statistics

Fota, Iulian. (2023) 2023. “The Growing Western Interest in the Black Sea”. Connections: The Quarterly Journal 22 (3): 31-43. doi:https://doi.org/10.11610/Connections.22.3.01.
976 Views
192 Downloads

Bibliography

“Framework Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ukraine on Official Credit Support for the Development of the Capabilities of the Ukrainian Navy,” Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs by Command of Her Majesty, London, November 12, 2021, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/619670cde90e07043f2b965d/CS_Ukraine_1.2021_Framework_Agreement_Credit_Support_Navy.pdf.

“HMS Defender: Russian Jets and Ships Shadow British Warship,” BBC, June 23, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57583363.

“RAF Typhoons Arrive in Romania to Resume NATO Air Policing Mission,” Royal Air Force News, April 23, 2021, https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-arrive-in-romania-to-resume-nato-air-policing-mission/.

Coffey, Luke, and Can Kasapoğlu, “A New Black Sea Strategy for a New Black Sea Reality,” Hudson Institute, February 21, 2023, Policy Memo, www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/new-black-sea-strategy-new-black-sea-reality.

Cropsey, Seth, George Scutaru, Harry Halem, and Antonia Colibășanu, Strategic Nexus: The Black Sea, Great Power Competition, and the Russo-Ukrainian War (Yorktown Insti¬tute & New Strategy Center, 2023), https://newstrategycenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/YI_NSC_Monograph.pdf.

Directorate General for Information Relations and Security (DGIRS), “France and Security Issues in the Black Sea,” February 19, 2021, https://archives.defense.gouv.fr/dgris/action-internationale/enjeux-regionaux/la-france-et-les-enjeux-de-securite-en-mer-noire.html. – in French

Drăgoi, Valentina, “Romania-France Agreement. Vasile Dîncu: The Romanian Naval Forces Are Receiving State-of-the-Art Equipment,” Capital, June 16, 2022, https://www.capital.ro/acord-romania-franta-fortele-navale-romane-primesc-echipamente-de-ultima-generatie.html. – in Romanian

European Commission, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, “Annex to the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the update of the EU Maritime Security Strategy and its Action Plan ‘An enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy for evolving maritime threats’,” page 3, March 10, 2023, https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6a9a5e6b-8a10-4233-9bd5-115de4a1fcf2_en.

Jones, James L., and Curtis M. Scaparrotti, “A Security Strategy for the Black Sea,” Atlantic Council, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, December 15, 2023, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/a-security-strategy-for-the-black-sea/.

Lanoszka, Alexander, and James Rogers, “‘Global Britain’ and the Black Sea Region,” Council on Geostrategy, March 29, 2022, Policy Paper, www.geostrategy.org.uk/research/global-britain-and-the-black-sea-region/.

Ministry of Defence, “Explained: Inside Operation Interflex,” Medium, October 28, 2022, https://defencehq.medium.com/explained-inside-the-uk-led-training-programme-for-ukrainian-recruits-277d630e4073.

Ostiller, Nate, and The Kyiv Independent news desk, “Telegraph: UK to Sign 10-year Pact on Naval Security Commitments for Ukraine,” The Kyiv Independent, December 19, 2023, https://kyivindependent.com/telegraph-uk-to-sign-mou-on-long-term-naval-security-commitments-for-ukraine/.

Whichmann, Anna, “The Entire France-Greece Defense and Security Agreement,” The Greek Reporter, September 28, 2021, https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/28/the-entire-france-greece-defense-and-security-agreement/.

Themes