On June 21, New Strategy Center and Yorktown Institute presented, in Washington, the study „Strategic Nexus: The Black Sea, Great Power Competition, and the Russo-Ukrainian War”, which highlights the strategic importance of the Black Sea region in the context of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The study comes at an important moment, when Washington is discussing the project of the US Black Sea Strategy, a vital project for the security of Romania and the entire region.
The New Strategy Center – Yorktown Institute study explains the strategic importance of the Black Sea region from a military point of view, having in mind food security or energy security, while also emphasizing its role as an interconnector between Central Asia and Europe or the Middle East and the Balkans. Maintaining freedom of navigation in the Black Sea is vital to the global grain supply, as the disruption of this flow could affect the social stability of many states.
At the same time, the study is a plea for the adoption of the US strategy in the Black Sea, a long-term, predictable strategy, necessary both in case of a war of attrition requiring a lasting American military presence, but also when the reconstruction process of Ukraine will begin on a large scale after the end of hostilities.
The authors of the study are: Seth Cropsey, George Scutaru, Harry Halem, Antonia Colibășanu.
The New Strategy Center – Yorktown Institute study explains the strategic importance of the Black Sea region from a military point of view, having in mind food security or energy security, while also emphasizing its role as an interconnector between Central Asia and Europe or the Middle East and the Balkans. Maintaining freedom of navigation in the Black Sea is vital to the global grain supply, as the disruption of this flow could affect the social stability of many states.
At the same time, the study is a plea for the adoption of the US strategy in the Black Sea, a long-term, predictable strategy, necessary both in case of a war of attrition requiring a lasting American military presence, but also when the reconstruction process of Ukraine will begin on a large scale after the end of hostilities.
The authors of the study are: Seth Cropsey, George Scutaru, Harry Halem, Antonia Colibășanu.