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Black Sea Battleground: The Road to Ukraine

Glen E. Howard, editor
Black Sea Battleground: The Road to Ukraine
ISBN: 979-8-9874519-1-5
$37.50
ISBN: 979-8-9874519-6-0
$37.50
2023/311 pages
Distributed for The Jamestown Foundation

DESCRIPTION

Black Sea Battleground identifies and analyzes the key elements of a comprehensive US strategy for dealing with the cauldron of geopolitical and military competition in the Black Sea region.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Glen E. Howard is former president of The Jamestown Foundation.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction—the Editor.
  • Seven Years of Deadlock: Why Ukraine’s Military Reforms Have Gone Nowhere, and How the US Should Respond—G. Grant.
  • Blind, Confuse, and Demoralize: Russian Electronic Warfare Operations in Donbas—S. Sukhankin.
  • Guardian of the Danube: Romania's Mixed Progress in Implementing a Black Sea Strategy—G. Visan.
  • Bulgaria's Black Sea Dilemma: NATO Ally or Russian Gateway?—V.R. Ratchev and T. Tagarev.
  • Water Crises and the Looming Ecological Catastrophe in Occupied Crimea and Devastated Donbas—A. Hurska.
  • Vulnerable Arteries: Severe Challenges to the Security of Ukraine's Internal Waterways—A. Ryzhenko.
  • Neutrality with No Guarantees: The Evolution of Moldova's Defense and Security Policies—D. Minzarari.
  • Referee and Goalkeeper of the Turkish Straits: The Relevance and Strategic Implications of the Montreux Convention for Conflict in the Black Sea—J.C.K. Daly.
  • Arsenal of Empire: Russian Naval Construction in Crimea and Its Implications for Black Sea Security—I. Kabanenko.
  • Turkish Drone Strategy in the Black Sea Region and Beyond—C. Kasapoglu.