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.

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.