DEFINING THE EXTENDED BLACK SEA REGION: FROM GEOSTRATEGIC REASONING TO PSYCHOSOCIAL REPRESENTATION
DEFINING THE EXTENDED BLACK SEA REGION: FROM GEOSTRATEGIC REASONING TO PSYCHOSOCIAL REPRESENTATION

Author(s): Alexandra SARCINSCHI
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Security and defense, Politics and society, Geopolitics
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: region; Extended Black Sea Region; economic integration; cultural map; risk map; psychosocial representation;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the multidimensional significance of the term “extended region” with an emphasis on the Black Sea: from the geographic dimension to the economic, political, cultural, and security ones. The main hypothesis is that defining the Extended Black Sea Region needs not only geostrategic reasoning, but also a psycho social one that is important to explain the current fragmentation trends manifested here in the last years. The hypothesis will be validated by analysing both the theoretical framework and the main economic, political, cultural and military indicators that characterize the countries in the region.

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