Security Around the World | Iulia Joja on New Power Competition Between Russia and Turkey

Join the Center for Security Studies for a discussion with Iulia Joja, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, to discuss the role of Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea, South Caucasus, and Eastern Mediterranean.

Military rivalry, competition over energy and protracted national and ethnic conflicts dominate the space where Europe, Asia and the Middle East meet. Russia and Turkey are consolidating power and supporting numerous local conflicts. Instability is growing in the Black Sea region, in the South Caucasus, and in the Eastern Mediterranean. The West’s retreat and China’s rise spell further trouble for this part of the global chessboard.

This event is part of CSS’s spring series on Security Around the World and is open to the public, but registration via Zoom is required in order to attend. For requests for accommodations such as closed captioning due to a disability or medical condition, contact sspmediafellow@georgetown.edu no later than March 19. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill all accommodation requests.

About the Speaker

Iulia-Sabina Joja is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. Her research and teachings focus primarily on European and Black Sea security.

Prior to this, Dr. Joja served as an advisor to the Romanian President and as a deputy project manager at NATO Allied Command Transformation in Virginia. She has worked with the Romanian delegation to the United Nations, the European Parliament, and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. lulia was also a visiting scholar at the Center of Military History and Social Sciences of the German Armed Forces in Potsdam/Berlin and a DAAD post-doctoral fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Featured image: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Mabeyn Pavilion, Istanbul, Turkey.