On April 11 the European Commission made public its new regional approach to the Black Sea area in its communication on a "Black Sea Synergy - A new regional cooperation initiative" [COM (2007) 160 final]. The document responds largely to the previously tabled BSEC policy document on "BSEC-EU Interaction: The BSEC Appoach". The latter was drafted by the ICBSS with contributions by the BSEC member states and, having been endorsed by the Committee of Senior Officials of the BSEC, had been presented to the EU institutions for consideration as a regional input to the recent Communication. Read more... [http://icbss.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=360] [http://icbss.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=252] [http://icbss.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=25]
Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Volume 7 Number 2, June 2007. Special Issue: The Wider Black Sea Region and Energy Security. Guest Editors: Panagiota Manoli and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou. Read more... [http://icbss.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=75]
A Tragic Feud: Alienation Between the Russian State and the Liberal Intelligentsia, Past and Present Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation Event Summary [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=237918]