Globalization and the Wider Black Sea Area:Interaction with the European Union, Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Author
Aliboni, Roberto
Corporate name
European Commission / Directorate General for External RelationsDate
2006-06Subject headings
Black Sea Area ; European UnionAbstract
This article deals with the relationship between globalization trends and the Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC) region. Its key argument is that BSEC role and dynamics
with respect to globalization are strictly related to and largely dependent on the relationship
between BSEC and the European Union (EU). The article assumes that BSEC performance
in the framework of globalization is related to and mostly affected by its relations with the
EU. These relations are about to be regulated by the European Neighbourhood Policy
(ENP) recently adopted by the EU with a view to tackling the consequences of the 2004
Eastern and Southern enlargement. The ENP will affect the BSEC directly and indirectly—
that is by means of EU policies towards BSEC itself as well as those towards BSEC
neighbouring regions and countries. In particular, it will affect two regions that are very
significant to the BSEC: the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The article
comments on such indirect effects and concludes by recommending the establishment of
contractual relations between the EU and the BSEC in a form similar to that of the
Northern Dimension, so as to allow the BSEC to take due advantage from the ENP process.
Language
EnglishDescription
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Vol. 6, No. 2,pp. 157–168Publisher
Routlege Taylor & Francis GroupOther
10.1080/14683850600694221ISSN
1468–3857 (print)1743–9639 (online)