Black Sea Security 10 Years After Crimea Annexation
Center de Recherche Europes-Eurasie-CREE (Inalco), Eastern Circles, Ukrainian Prism and the Ukrainian Embassy in France are pleased to invite you to the conference: "Black Sea Security 10 Years After Crimea Annexation".
Introduction
- Etienne Boisserie (Inalco, CREE)
Speakers
- Hanna Shelest (Security Studies Program Director, Ukrainian Prism, Kyiv)
- Victoria Vdovychenko (Center for Defense Strategies, Kyiv)
- Tornike Gordadze (Eastern neighborhood and Black Sea program fellow at Jacques Delors Institute, Paris)
Moderators
- Iryna Dmytrychyn (Inalco, CREE)
- Anastasiya Shapochkina (Eastern Circles)
Screening of Olivier Truc's documentary, Ukraine: A Crimean Dream, followed by a discussion with the film director.
Context
With the deployment of advanced weaponry and an increased troop presence during the Crimea annexation, the peninsula transformed into a military stronghold, extending Russia's maritime influence and posing a threat to global trade routes, freedom of navigation, and global food security. Ukrainian naval drones have destroyed a third and disabled near half of the Russian Black Sea fleet, while disrupting Russian supply lines in southern Ukraine. However, Kyiv is under-armed to reclaim the territory.
- How has Russia's annexation and militarization of Crimea impacted the balance of power in the Black Sea region, and what are the implications for global security?
- Can Ukraine regain Crimea? What should be strategy going forward, considering the challenges of Western support?
- In what ways does Crimea's role as a Russian military stronghold affect regional maritime security, global trade routes, and global food security?
Organization
- Iryna DMYTRYCHYN (CREE, Inalco)