Transnational Politics in the Black Sea Rim : Unknotting Religions, States, and Minorities

点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要

In this study, specialists in the former Soviet Bloc and Turkey cooperated to analyze the Black Sea Rims, a new macro-region having emerged after the Cold War. The Black Sea Rims do not have the tradition of nation state, and transnational actors play important roles there. Among various transnational actors this study focused on religious organizations (Orthodoxy, Islam, and anti-Chalcedon Christianity) and trans-border minorities, such as Vlachs, Kurds, Mingrelians, and Armenians, and challenged the traditional state-centered understanding of this region.