NATO’S APPROACH TO THE BLACK SEA SECURITY
This international conference will discuss different aspects of Black sea security and the role of NATO. After the successful meetings held in Romania and Turkey on various security issues in the Black Sea and the role of NATO in the region, the Sofia Security Forum is organizing in Sofia the third consecutive meeting of the consortium of three leading think-tanks /EDAM (Turkiye), New Strategy Center (Romania) and Sofia Security Forum (Bulgaria) The Sofia meeting will continue discussions on the geostrategic assessment of the security environment in the Black Sea and the Alliance's military capabilities in response to challenges and threats, adding a specific focus related to the role of NATO in the region in addressing the hybrid threats, cyber- security, enlargement and partnerships, new and disruptive technologies, critical infrastructure protection and more. The event will be streamed on ZOOM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82140402471
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