To what extent do the EU's relations with the BSEC foster a dynamic of pluralistic regional cooperation in the Black Sea region? A case-study analysis

欧盟与黑海经合组织的关系在多大程度上促进了黑海地区多元化区域合作的活力？

• 批准号: 2273114
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2273114
• 关键词: what; extent; do; EU; relations

The Ukraine crisis and the emergence of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has sparked significant debates on regionalism, which have continuously represented the Black Sea region as the contiguous Post-Soviet Space torn between two competing European and Eurasian regional models, namely the EU's Eastern Partnership and the EAEU. Hence, Post-Soviet states remain subjugated to the narrow hegemonic geopolitical interests of Russia and the West. Yet, these debates overlook the overlaps between Russia and the EU in the form of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), whose wide-reaching membership spans from the Western Balkans to the Caucasus, including Russia itself, Turkey and three EU member states. This is problematic as it overshadows the BSEC-driven initiatives towards trust-building and sectoral/industry-driven cooperation, thus limiting the study of regionalism to the overarching regional institutions, as opposed to a multi-faceted tapestry of overlapping organisational actors. This research investigates the extent to which the EU's relations with the BSEC fosters a pluralistic dynamic of regional cooperation in the Black Sea region through the case-study of the EU's Black Sea Synergy Policy (BSS). By analysing the content and discourse surrounding key policies of the EU, the BSEC and their respective ruling elites, this research evaluates the extent to which the BSS fosters pluralistic cooperation. This is supported by interviews with practitioners in sectoral working groups from both the BSS and the BSEC. This research thus seeks to contribute to the growing research on the broadening of Post-Soviet regionalism and thus conventional understandings of regional governance.

乌克兰危机和俄罗斯领导的欧亚经济联盟（EAEU）的出现引发了关于区域主义的重大争论，这些争论不断地将黑海地区描述为在欧洲和欧亚两种相互竞争的区域模式之间撕裂的连续的后苏联空间，即欧盟东部伙伴关系和欧亚经济联盟。因此，后苏联国家仍然受制于俄罗斯和西方狭隘的地缘政治霸权利益。然而，这些辩论忽视了俄罗斯与欧盟以黑海经济合作组织（BSEC）形式存在的重叠，该组织的成员范围广泛，从西巴尔干地区到高加索地区，包括俄罗斯本身、土耳其和三个欧盟成员国。这是有问题的，因为它掩盖了黑海经合组织驱动的建立信任和部门/行业驱动合作的举措，从而将区域主义的研究限制在总体区域机构，而不是重叠的组织行为者的多方面的研究。本研究通过欧盟黑海协同政策（BSS）的案例研究，调查了欧盟与黑海经合组织的关系在多大程度上促进了黑海地区区域合作的多元化动力。通过分析围绕欧盟、黑海经合组织及其各自统治精英关键政策的内容和论述，本研究评估了 BSS 促进多元化合作的程度。对 BSS 和 BSEC 部门工作组从业者的采访也证实了这一点。因此，本研究旨在为不断扩大的后苏联地区主义的研究以及对地区治理的传统理解做出贡献。