COOPERATION, PROBLEM SOLVING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE BLACK SEA REGION EXERCISE

Abstract

The exercise below aimed to familiarize students in the program with the security developments in the Black Sea Region over the previous seven years and to place them in the role of policy makers. Thus, through a series of debates and group activities, they could evaluate the main trends in the region, conceive of potential game changers and adopt policy solutions at both the national and supra-national level with the aim of realizing a vision of a secure and developed region. At the end of the exercise, students presented their own vision of the future and argued for the best policy responses which they would implement in order to achieve that vision.

Keywords

• exercise
• problem solving
• black sea region