New Strategy Center organized on Friday, October 9, the debate entitled “The Energy and Security Policy of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea” in videoconference format. Dr. Murat Aslan, Professor at Hasan Kalyoncu University and Security Expert of the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Studies (SETA), Idris Demir, Professor at the University of Social Sciences in Ankara, Turkey, referred in their speeches to Turkey’s energy policy in the context of the discovery of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea and prospecting activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The evolution of relations with Russia or the USA, the way the dialogue between the EU and Turkey will continue, the armed tensions in the Caucasus area were some of the topics addressed during the debate, moderated by Bogdan Berneagă, senior associate expert of NSC. We continue the online conferences on topics of strategic importance for the security of Romania and the Black Sea region, very necessary in a dynamic period at international level, with a high degree of instability, especially in the context of the Covid19 pandemic.