WIDER BLACK SEA REGION (WBSR) AS UNIT OF ANALYSIS
WIDER BLACK SEA REGION (WBSR) AS UNIT OF ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: This paper develops the argument supporting the meaningfulness of the Wider Black Sea Region (WBSR) construct, and explaining the necessity of understanding the regional dynamics in order to find solutions to the problems with which countries and people in the area confront. It concludes that Western standards, ideas and values offer the framework for progress in WBSR. Within this context, opening to Western influence offers a great opportunity for WBSR, bringing to the forefront the soft power of the EU and all of the European and Euro-Atlantic instruments of money, legitimacy and know-how.

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