Patterns of Regionalism and Security: Energy as a Transformational Influence in the Black Sea Region

One of the more significant regional groupings to have emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union is the wider Black Sea. Located at the jagged confluence of the Western, Orthodox and Muslim worlds, the region was quite frequently a violent meeting place, and thus instead of a bridge between civilizations, it has been a barrier. Even more compelling is how the presence of oil and gas has thrust the Black Sea into the world's view and contributed to the rush of external interest, and how this has helped develop a unique regional entity. Today, in an interconnected global economy, the region's position as a producer and conduit for fossil fuels makes it impossible to consider in isolation. More importantly, to succinctly define this dissertation's research question, it can be asked how does energy act as a transformational agent in the emergence of a Black Sea region?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Planning, Governance, and Globalization

Department dc:contributor.department

School of Public and International Affairs

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Dupuy, Arnold C.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Peters, Joel

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Luke, Timothy W.
• Pourchot, Georgeta V.
• Stivachtis, Yannis A.

• Regionalism
• Black Sea
• energy
• European Union
• European Commission
• Russia
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation
• BP

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• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:7872

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71637