Post-Communist Transition in the Black Sea Area - Hegemony, Balancing, Restriction

Abstract

After more than two decades, the postsoviet era is still marked by the former communist countries searching for a model of economic and social development. The formed EU economic structure attracted the Black Sea countries towards the Western development model, while the Russian Federation still plays the military card in the area. The two modes of exercising power, both military and co-optation, impede the emergence of a regional power, maintaining the state of fragmentation, from balance to total acceptance or restriction. The paper analyzes the polarization of states in seeking economic shelter and security and aims at estimating solutions for balancing the divergent interests of the area in front of the regional players

DOI: 10.15551/lsgdc.v41i0.12