On 14-15 June, the New Strategy Center organised a workshop dedicated to countering the hybrid threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Black Sea region.

The activity is part of a joint project in partnership with the Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria. The event brought together representatives of institutions with direct and indirect responsibilities in the field, and the two days of debates were punctuated by five panels with speakers from Romania, Bulgaria and the USA, with the aim of creating a better understanding of the phenomenon. The Romanian and Bulgarian experts shared their views on the topics under debate, providing a good opportunity to see how the institutions of the two countries, both NATO and EU members, bordering the Black Sea, can better collaborate in a complex security context following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.