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Black Sea

DiplomacyBlack Sea, Crimea, France, Germany, Russia, Sea of Azov, Ukraine

Germany: The Subtle Mediator Between Russia and Ukraine

Anna J. Davidson

Is Germany the missing link in the Sea of Azov dispute? When the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Partushev, claimed in mid-January that the continuation of policies “by the Kiev…

Defense & SecurityBlack Sea, Crimea, Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States

Russia is Consolidating its Control Over the Black Sea

Gabriella Gricius

Russia's actions are an immediate threat to Ukrainian national security, and pose a strategic threat to the interests of the West.Russia has substantially increased its presence in Black Sea since…