THE EMERGING SECURITY CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE NEED FOR NEW POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS

NATO 2022 STRATEGIC CONCEPT stated that the “Climate change is a defining challenge of our time, with a profound impact on Allied security. It is a crisis and threat multiplier. It can exacerbate conflict, fragility and geopolitical competition. Increasing temperatures cause rising sea levels, wildfires and more frequent and extreme weather events, disrupting our societies, undermining our security and threatening the lives and livelihoods of our citizens. Climate change also affects the way our armed forces operate. Our infrastructure, assets and bases are vulnerable to its effects. Our forces need to operate in more extreme climate conditions and our militaries are more frequently called upon to assist in disaster relief.”

NATO'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING SECURITY THREATS AND CHALLENGES IN THE BLACK SEA

The study is a result of the collective efforts of the Sofia Security Forum from Bulgaria, NSC from Romania and EDAM from Turkiye. The three think-thanks analyses the complexity of the security environment in the Black Sea region and advocate for closer cooperation among littoral NATO member-states and partners and bigger involvement of NATO in providing security in the region. The study was officially presented at NATO HQ on November 6, 2023

NATO’S APPROACH TO THE SECURITY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

International round table discussion on different aspects of security in the Black sea and how NATO and the littoral member-states respond to the risks and challenges

WINNING THE PEACE IN UKRAINE

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The Russian military aggression against Ukraine is the biggest threat to the regional and global peace. It destroyed the security architecture that was the guarantor of the peace and prosperity of the European continent. The continued aggression, the unceasing destruction of civilian infrastructure and the death of the civilian population, the deportation of people including children, the undermining of the global energy and food security make the prospects for peace even more blurred. What are the prospects for peace in Ukraine, how to achieve security in the Black Sea region, what is the role of NATO and the EU, what is the future of the European security architecture and others were the main questions that the participants discussed during the conference.

DEFINING THE BLACK SEA SECURITY

Speech of Mr. Yordan Bozhilov, Director of the Sofia Security Forum at the meeting of the OSCE Forum for security cooperation, held on May3, 2023 in Vienna, Austria

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES IN THE FRAGMENTING SECURITY ARCHITECTURE. COUNTERING RUSSIAN HYBRID ACTIVITIES

The International Conference was held on April 27, 2023 in Sofia Balkan Palace

THE EMERGING SECURITY CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE NEED FOR NEW POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS

NATO'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING SECURITY THREATS AND CHALLENGES IN THE BLACK SEA

NATO’S APPROACH TO THE SECURITY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION

WINNING THE PEACE IN UKRAINE

DEFINING THE BLACK SEA SECURITY

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES IN THE FRAGMENTING SECURITY ARCHITECTURE. COUNTERING RUSSIAN HYBRID ACTIVITIES

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DEFINING THE BLACK SEA SECURITY

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