Argentieri, FederigoWelsh, BridgetIotov, Mihail Vasilev2025-03-122025-03-122017Iotov, Mihail Vasilev. "Bulgaria’s foreign policy and the three major players in Europe – the EU, Russia and Turkey". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2017.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14490/926Thesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Spring 2017.The indicative nature of this thesis aims to present how Bulgaria balances its foreign policy between the three most influential regional players in Europe – the EU, Russia and Turkey. The history with each of these players will be presented, along with cases that will help clarify how Bulgaria manages pressures from the three actors in the shaping of its foreign policies. This thesis also offers a study and analyses on the South Stream pipeline and the refugee crisis in relation to Bulgaria and the three regional players. The EU is seen as the actor that is best suited to alter Bulgarian policies, but Russia too, can exert influence through its energy supplies, like-minded parties in Bulgaria and oligarchs such as Delyan Peevski. Turkey is a country which with its close proximity to Bulgaria can complicate the geopolitics of the region, as the refugee crisis and South Stream chapters will demonstrate.56 pagesenBulgariaForeign relationsPolitics and governmentThesis