This website has been established with the support of the Caspian-Black Sea Studies Foundation (Sofia, Bulgaria) as a platform for discussion and the constructive exchange of views on the most relevant trends in the Black Sea, Caspian, and Caucasus regions. The Foundation serves as an important venue for dialogue, expert discussions, and the exchange of ideas among political scientists, diplomats, researchers, and representatives of civil society.

The Board of Trustees of the Foundation includes leading Bulgarian scholars and experts: Plamen Dimitrov Petrov — Doctor of Political Sciences; Nina Angelova Dyulgerova — Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor; Biser Todorov Banchev — Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Their academic and professional expertise forms the intellectual foundation of the Foundation’s activities and ensures a high standard of analytical work.

The platform focuses on the analysis of key regional trends, including energy security, transport corridors, state resilience, as well as issues of integration and foreign policy. Its priority areas also include:

1.    promoting knowledge of the geography and history of the countries of the Caspian-Black Sea region, as well as their political life, geopolitics, economy, and culture;

2.    explaining the prospects for European integration of the countries of the Caspian-Black Sea region;

3.    highlighting positive examples of historical reconciliation among the peoples of the region.

Despite the fact that the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus have traditionally been arenas of geopolitical and geoeconomic competition among major global and regional actors and their respective blocs, there remains a lack of awareness of this region within the European academic and expert community.

Our goal is to make an objective contribution to the high-quality and unbiased coverage of events and trends in the Black Sea, Caspian, and Caucasus regions, including the provision of in-depth expert analysis.

We are open to cooperation proposals from authors and organizations.

Sincerely,

Dr. Plamen Petrov 

editor-in-chief@ccbsnews.info