The ”Prof.univ.dr.Constantin Bușe” Euro-Atlantic Centre, Bucharest University, The Romanian Association for Baltic and the Nordic Studies Valahia University of Târgoviște, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploieşti, „Institut Européen de Recherches et d’Aides Migratoires”, Luxembourg, Military Technical Academy Bucharest, The National Institute of Intelligence Studies of „Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy,  the Doctoral School of the National Defense University „Carol I”, and the Romanian Scientific Society of the Interdisciplinary Research (SSRCI) launch the Call for Papers for the first edition of Virtual Conference titled  Security Challenges in the Baltic-Black Sea Region. History and Present on 24 June 2022.

This scientific conference will analyze and discuss for appraising the geopolitical, historical, and security evolution in the Baltic and the Black Sea Regions from the end of the Cold War to nowadays. To this end, papers are welcome on topics that analyze or critically appraise these security and geopolitical issues. This could be in terms of inter and trans-disciplinary areas, the intersection of history with other domains to understand the current crises and future challenges in the Baltic-Black Sea Region. In addition, the conference sessions will debate the particular issues and themes, that have distinguished this field of research thus far with a view to identifying political questions or geopolitical issues that remain unanswered. In so doing, the conference will continue to underline the various interests of great powers in this region and, why in European history the Baltic-Black Sea space was a geopolitical battleground. Furthermore, theoretical approaches and research methodologies that address the multiple causal factors or inter-related levels of analysis are invited. Moreover, attention to issues of duality and the inter-relatedness of history and security studies with socio-cultural contexts are encouraged. Also of interest are critical evaluations of the competing US, EU, NATO, and Russian policies and strategies in this region.

Due to the unclear dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania and in Europe, for the moment we are launching the conference as an online event. 

Hoping that you will recognize the validity of our research efforts, we are free to suggest topics for the Conference defined in the following scientific topics: