European Union approaches to fostering synergies of cooperation and integration around the Black Sea

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-128

  Gültekin Punsmann, Burcu ^a   Nikolov, Krassimir Y ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Chernorizets Hrabar Free University of Varna   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Cooperation; EU; Integration; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350166375     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683850802117500     Document Type: Article

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