Bulletin n. 3/2008 | ||
February 2009 | ||
Cornejo Nieto W. Alejandro Sanchez |
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A Drop in the Ocean: Bulgaria's NATO Membership and Black Sea Geopolitics | ||
in European Security , Volume 17, Number 4, December , 2008 , 517-532 | ||
This article discusses Bulgaria's NATO membership; the discussion centers on how Black Sea geopolitics have been altered due to NATO's increasing presence in the area. Furthermore, I discuss in what ways Bulgaria contributes to the NATO alliance by being a member. Finally, the article discusses the effects of the summer 2008 events in Georgia vis-agrave-vis Black Sea geopolitics. The geographical position and the events occurring around this Southeastern European country have made Bulgaria a strategically important country for the security future of the region. | ||