Abstract
As the social and political transformations observed in the modern world have recently made current the issue of formation of new geopolitical regions, the Baltic – Black Sea Area deserves particular attention because the geopolitical status of this junction territory still remains questionable. The geopolitical boundaries of the Baltic – Black Sea Area are constantly changing not only functionally, but also structurally, which is why it can be considered as a specific geopolitical formation located at the junction of the two geopolitical mega-regions of Western Europe and Northern Eurasia. This area is highly fragmented and still undergoing very painful political, cultural, and economic transformations. The power competition between Russia, NATO and the EU, as well as the region’s historical legacy have determined the path of its development. As a result, the Baltic – Black Sea Area does not have any system of political division or economic management, but close connections between the countries located there and many spheres of their common interest promote comprehensive cooperation and dialogue on a variety of issues. If their cooperation leads to multilateral relationships based on the principle of the sovereign equality of states which are trying to expand the scope of their collaboration and limit the scope of confrontation, they could organize a system of complementary elements which provide synergies and ensure the existence of the Baltic – Black Sea Area as a geopolitical reality.
Highlights
The spatial and geographic realities of the social and political transformations which began in the 21st century have made current the issue of the systemic modelling of space that was protractedly characterizedMykola Doroshko, Iuliia TsyrfaŚSP 1 ’21 by the segmentation of its construction due to the incomplete social and political development and state formation which started in the period of disintegration of continental empires
The conceptualization of the geoconstructs underlying the process of formation of new regions, through the unification of traditional geographical areas in accordance with the retro-inspired projects which existed in the 20th century focused on the development of mega-regions, being of fundamental importance for some parts of the world in terms of the strategic interests of actors in international relations located therein (Ulunian, 2011, p. 25)
The Baltic – Black Sea geopolitical reality is politically constructed, too: unlike the Baltics, the Black Sea region has never performed the functions of an entire space with a special regional identity; the unification of these territories is based on the formation of the foreign policy identities of the actors in international relations whose national interests are realized against the background of interactions with other states located in this realm
Summary
ŚSP 1 ’21 by the segmentation of its construction due to the incomplete social and political development and state formation which started in the period of disintegration of continental empires. Modern geopolitical processes indicate the need for radical changes in academic research on the regionalization of the world, as the key transformations of the geopolitical map take place at the meso- or micro-levels nowadays. They are not accompanied by the economic or political integration of countries: the latter often focus on selective projects, while developing their multilateral cooperation in areas of common interest. The use of the above-mentioned methods allows the authors to conduct a comprehensive study of the Baltic – Black Sea Area, while identifying its geopolitical importance as a separate state-centric realm. Which plays a significant geopolitical role by being a system of multilateral cooperation
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