ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book reveals that maritime power serves a multitude of state interests in Black Sea: from addressing traditional and non-traditional security threats. Ukraine has used its maritime assets to address non-traditional maritime security threats, demonstrate its Euro-Atlantic orientation and to improve the qualitative elements of its maritime power. The book shows that Russian maritime power in Black Sea is likely to be adversely affected by challenges of recruiting and retaining maritime personnel when pay is low, pensions are inadequate and housing is not guaranteed. It exposes that maritime power is directly affected by domestic factors, in particular challenges of state building, development of market economy and stable political system, as well as countries defence industrial base. The book has also revealed the importance of small navies through addressing the issue of the measurement of maritime power in the Black Sea.
