{"id":2436,"date":"2026-02-10T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:04:17","slug":"the-black-sea-in-2026-strategic-manoeuvres-and-economic-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2026\/the-black-sea-in-2026-strategic-manoeuvres-and-economic-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Sea in 2026: Strategic Manoeuvres and Economic Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/02\/Black_Sea_map-768x585.png); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        The Black Sea in 2026: Strategic Manoeuvres and Economic Opportunity\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>Jeff Sahadeo<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Black Sea in 2026: Strategic Maneuvers and Economic Opportunity&#8221; examines how the Black Sea has become one of the world\u2019s most consequential geopolitical and economic corridors following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The brief analyzes the competing strategies of Russia, T\u00fcrkiye, the European Union, and China, alongside the security concerns of littoral states, highlighting how control of the region shapes Ukraine\u2019s future and broader transatlantic stability. It also outlines Canada\u2019s growing role as a NATO partner in supporting regional security, trade resilience, and postwar reconstruction. The paper concludes with targeted policy recommendations for strengthening Canada\u2013Ukraine cooperation and enhancing Black Sea security in a rapidly evolving strategic landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read the full policy brief prepared by Dr. Jeff Sahadeo, click the download button below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-8057eaf3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/02\/The-Black-Sea-in-2026-Strategic-Manoeuvres-and-Economic-Opportunity.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forward-looking analysis of how rising geopolitical competition in the Black Sea is reshaping regional security, trade routes, and Canada\u2019s role in supporting Ukraine and NATO allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":375,"featured_media":2438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[180,261,104,85,84,145,37,100,94,83],"tags":[178,106,109,35,42,43,78],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-sea","category-black-sea-policy-brief","category-china","category-eurasia","category-european-security","category-nato","category-policy-brief","category-russia","category-south-caucasus","category-ukraine","tag-black-sea","tag-european-security","tag-nato","tag-policy-brief","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions\/2439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}