00929nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001000051653001400061653001900075653002300094653001300117100002000130245008800150300001000238490000700248520049200255       2022                            d  c202210aA2/AD10aBlack Sea10aHybrid threats10aRussian Federation10asecurity1 aBozhidar Ivanov00aContemporary Challenges for Bulgaria in the Changing Black Sea Security Environment  a25-350 v513 a<p>The author presents the results of a study on the evolving security environment in the Black sea region. The focus is on Russia’s Black Sea security policy and the ways in which it combines kinetic and non-kinetic instruments in its hybrid strategy. The militarization of Crimea, in particular, led to the positioning of assertive Russia as the dominant military power in the Black Sea, with all the consequent negative repercussions for littoral and other states in the region.</p>