Introduction

Abstract

This edited volume addresses the perceptions and practices of foreign policy by the European Union (EU), Russia and Turkey, toward their shared neighbourhood: the Black and Caspian Seas, the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and Central Asia. These territories represent key strategic interests for each of the three regional powers which need to be protected by active foreign and security policies. In return, European, Russian and Turkish policies are essential for the stability of these areas and for the overall peace and prosperity in this common security complex. Those regions are also characterised by fast changing dynamics of political and social change within a sphere of geostrategic competition.