How the war in Ukraine has changed the security situation in the Black Sea and the High North

How has the Russian aggression against Ukraine launched in February 2022 changed perceptions of security in the Black Sea region and in the High North?
At this seminar, experts will present the main findings of a project on security in the Black Sea region financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The main aim of this project was to shed light on the impact increased military presence in the Black Sea region has had on security along the southern part of NATO’s Eastern flank. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was a watershed event and has changed the strategic calculus not only in the Black Sea region but also in the broader European context.
Russian aggression has had a clear and very negative impact on the security situation in the region and at this seminar the researchers will present the main policy relevant conclusions from two studies conducted within this project.
The first study examined the question of continuity and change in Russia’s approaches to the Black Sea region using the situation around the Snake Island as a case through which strategic developments in the region have been examined. The second study analysed the impact developments in the Black Sea region have had on perceptions of security in the High North, an area where Russia’s policies also pose several challenges to the Western policymakers.
The project was carried out this year by NUPI and the New Strategy Center in Romania.
The seminar will be in English, take place at NUPI from 13:00 to 14:30.

[@garybeaton3802]

If this I what passes as intellectual discourse then it is pretty obvious why the West is in economic and moral decline. Ukrainian history does not start on February 24, 2022. The top natural gas supplier to Europe initiated a coup in Ukraine, promoted extremists when the majority of moderate Ukrainians refused to engage in ethnocentric violence, undermined not one but two European sponsored peace plans, and; chose to discount consistent Russian concerns and warnings - expressed over decades - regarding NATO’s militaristic expansionism. Given the superficial level of analysis I would not be surprised to discover that the Institute is funded by the CIA.

[@bbuggediffy]

How would you have liked the discussion to be different?

[@ekesandras1481]

@@bbuggediffy he would like it to be more Pro-Russian, evidently.