Thursday, February 9
4 p.m.
4130 Posvar Hall
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About the discussion
Volodymyr Dubovyk joins REEES and the Center for Governance and Markets to discuss security in the Black Sea. The start of the Russia’s war on Ukraine in 2014 has impacted regional security of the Black Sea, especially the occupation of Crimea. But the massive invasion of the 2022 has led to even more profound implications. The Black Sea area has become a battleground, where all sorts of contemporary weaponry have been used. Despite Russia’s earlier inroads into the south of Ukraine and its total naval domination in numbers, it has failed to convert it into real lasting strategic advantages. The recent liberation of Kherson and fear in Moscow that Ukraine might go into Crimea, changes situation. The instability has affected everyone in the region. The trade has been disrupted, specifically with the blockade of Ukraine’s ports, which had impact around the world. There is much anxiety in the region. This spills over into wider European space, with Black Sea area serving as its “soft underbelly”. The NATO, EU, US all pay attention to the developments in the area, adjusting their strategic thinking and operational stance accordingly.
About Volodymyr Dubovyk
Dr. Volodymyr Dubovyk has been working at the Odessa I. Mechnikov National University since 1992. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at Mechnikov National University, Odesa, Ukraine since 1996 and has acted as a Director of the Center for International Studies since 1999. Among his teaching and research interests are U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, Black Sea regional security, foreign policy of Ukraine. Dubovyk was a Fulbright Scholar in 2016-2017.