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In the Mediterranean Sea, the nuclear submarine "Saphir" surfaces during training exercises in 2009 off Toulon, France. | Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images
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Securing U.S. Interests Across the Greater Mediterranean
December 16, 2020 | Donatienne Ruy

The Greater Mediterranean is a single geographic area where threats and opportunities are shared from coast to coast. Viewing it as such exposes the overall impact of instability and influence in the region on U.S. interests and the space for action.

Commentary
Turkey and NATO: A Relationship Worth Saving
December 2, 2019 The Turkey-NATO relationship is at a new low. To rebuild trust, CSIS’s Rachel Ellehuus recommends focusing on two areas of mutual interest that affect the security of the United States, Europe, and Turkey—namely the Black Sea and the Turkey-Syria border.

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Europe’s Migration Maelstrom & Its Political Tides
October 18, 2018 | Donatienne Ruy
This CSIS Brief provides an overview of key findings from the CSIS report Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy.  

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Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy
October 18, 2018 | Donatienne Ruy A new CSIS report "Crossing Borders: How the Migration Crisis Transformed Europe’s External Policy" examine the shift in the European Union’s foreign and development policies through funding decisions to respond to the 2015-2016 migration crisis and its lasting consequences.

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Restoring the Eastern Mediterranean as a U.S. Strategic Anchor
May 22, 2018 | Jon B. Alterman, Donatienne Ruy

Much is at stake for the United States, and it must take a new strategic approach to the region or risk losing influence for the foreseeable future.

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Syria, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean
April 19, 2018 | Jon B. Alterman The United States needs to take a new strategic approach to the Eastern Mediterranean, outlined in a CSIS report forthcoming in May 2018. An urgent part of that strategy, outlined here, is recalibrating U.S. policy toward Syria and Turkey.

Commentary
Turkey Has No Allies in the Black Sea, Only Interests
February 13, 2018

Ankara’s long-term interest in the Black Sea region is to continue to balance Russia’s growing military posture in the Black Sea and to promote multilateral cooperation in the region.

Commentary
NATO and Russia in the Black Sea: A New Confrontation?
March 6, 2017

This commentary is the second in a series of essays on the geostrategic importance of the Black Sea. Read the first essay here and the third essay here.
With the recent completion of the NATO Sea Shield exercise and NATO defense ministers’ approval of an enhanced...


Commentary
The Geostrategic Importance of the Black Sea Region: A Brief History
February 2, 2017

This Commentary is the first in a series of essays that will examine the strategic significance of the Black Sea region to the United States and NATO. Read the second essay here and the third essay here.

Commentary
Security in the Eastern Mediterranean after the Coup Attempt: Turkey’s Reckoning and Washington’s Worries
July 21, 2016

The July 15 coup attempt in Turkey has plunged Ankara into political chaos and further complicated for the United States and its partners an already intractable situation in the broader eastern Mediterranean. As leaders from the global counter-ISIL coalition meet Thursday in...


Commentary
The Danger Games: Russia and NATO Collide
November 24, 2015

Washington abruptly awoke to the news this morning that its NATO ally, Turkey, had shot down a Russian military jet which, according to Ankara, had crossed into Turkish airspace after being warned repeatedly.  This


Commentary
After the Paris Attacks, France Turns to Europe in its Time of Need
November 19, 2015

2015 seems to be the year of never-ending crisis for the European Union: Greece nearly left the eurozone in July, hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have and continue to arrive in Europe, Russian forces remain in eastern Ukraine, and Crimea remains annexed....


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