TY - BOOK AU - Houston,Fiona AU - Wood,W.Duncan AU - Robinson,Derek M. ED - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security Challenges in the Black Sea region TI - Black Sea security: international cooperation and counter-trafficking in the Black Sea region T2 - NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics SN - 9781607506379 AV - DJK66 .N38 2010eb U1 - 355/.03 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Amsterdam, Washington, DC PB - IOS Press KW - National security KW - Black Sea KW - International cooperation KW - Congresses KW - Crime prevention KW - Piracy KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Military Science KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - Other KW - fast KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security Challenges in the Black Sea region, Oxford, UK, 12-14 June 2006"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Title; Contents; List of Maps; Black Sea Security Cooperation Workshop Contributors; Preface: Crime and Confrontation in the Black Sea; Section I The Black Sea in Context; Executive Summary: Prospects for Black Sea Security Cooperation; Welcome to Oxford: A Tradition of Conflict Resolution; Post 9/11 Security: New Challenges and New Responses; The Black Sea -- A Key Strategic Corridor; Section II Security Challenges in the Black Sea Region; The Harvard Black Sea Security Program: Encouraging Regional Security based on Cooperation and Integration; Energy Security and Transit States N2 - The Black Sea is a vital strategic crossroads between Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Comprising at least ten countries, with diverse religious, cultural, political and economic backgrounds, the region was shaped historically by centuries of conflict between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and in the 20th century by the rise and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent post-Cold War emergence of newly independent states. The region faces emerging security challenges of major international strategic interest, not least because 80% of all Russian gas destined for Europ UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=351780 ER -