If the Atlantic Ocean is the New Black Sea, What's the Black Sea

Is the Black Sea a distinctive strategic space? That provocative question is begged by Russia's maritime doctrine, the newest version of which was approved last summer by President Vladimir Putin. One answer comes from Vladimir Anokhin, a retired military officer associated with Russia's Academy of Geopolitical Problems. He writes, "Neither the Black Sea nor the Mediterranean is a theatre of war for a modern navy."

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