Black Sea-Caspian Region in Global Context: International Transport Corridors

Authors : Elena Savicheva, Erman Tatlıoğlu

Pages : 1-22

Doi:10.19060/gav.1836488

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Publication Date : 2025-12-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The paper focuses on the Black Sea-Caspian region analysis, its place and role in international relations and world politics. Particular attention is paid to international transport corridors (ITC), as well as factors of stability and security in the region. Since 2013, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) can significantly increase the volume of cargo transportation between Central Asia and Europe. It fits into the EU Global Gateway initiative, which, among other things, provides for investment in the development of logistics links with Asian countries as opposed to the Chinese Belt and Road. Although the Caspian Sea has no access to the World Ocean, it is an important center of transport and trade links, as well as a source of regional cooperation and, at the same time, intense competition. The authors conclude that the conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia caused the countries of Central Asia, which generally remain neutral in the conflict, consider TITR as an alternative to the Northern Corridor and began to actively promote this trade corridor bypassing Russia. The Black Sea-Caspian region is an integral element of existing geopolitical configurations. Such territories can be as zones of interaction between socio-cultural and political flows, as well as an “apple of discord” between rival world actors. In the context of a new world order formation, favoring of one or another of the competing logistics projects can lead to a transformation of trade over a vast territory and a change in existing centers of power as well.
Keywords : Karadeniz, Hazar Denizi, Uluslararası Ulaşım Koridorları (ITC), Orta koridor, TRACECA

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