The NATO message is very clear: today the Black Sea is a new geographical and political package comprising South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Moldavia), the South Caucasus and Turkey.

The EU has been seeking to establish a security strategy to protect its new borders from disorder and instability and thus concentrate on its internal affairs… The economic aspect is also essential. The EU hopes to expand its zones of influence beyond its new eastern borders, as it is interested in the energy resources of Central Asia, as well as those of the Caspian Sea.

— from caucuz.com

Which membership should Armenia be pursuing more agressively? Georgia and Azerbaijan have already committed to NATO’s program to get countries included and Armenia has applied for this program as well.