Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fluid histories: culture, community, and the longue dur�ee of the Black Sea world / Alexander A. Bauer, Owen P. Doonan -- Two axes, three seas: a geopolitical assessment of the wider Black Sea area / Nicolas B�ardos-F�eltoronyi -- The Black Sea area within the international system: the struggle for influence between the USA and Russia / Baptiste Chatr�e, St�ephane Delory -- Energy politics in the Black Sea region / Radu Dudau, Armando Marques Guedes -- Normative narratives of EU foreign policy in the Black Sea region / Cristian Nitoiu -- The Russian factor in the wider Black Sea region: inconclusive status quo or a neo-imperial strategy? / Octavian Milevschi -- New regionalization for a new regional leader: the role of Azerbaijan in the Southern Caucasus / Samuel Lussac -- Black Sea leadership in Romanian foreign policy discourse / Ruxandra Ivan -- Regionalism at the margins: East Central European and Black Sea regional cooperation initiatives in comparative perspective / Luciana Ghica -- A comparison of Caribbean and Black Sea regionalisms / Caterina Preda.

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