Project: Security and Development in the Middle East: Trends and Challenges
- RIAC and Emirates Center for Strategic Analysis and Research Discussed Opportunities for Cooperation
- International Experts Discuss Latest Trends in Political Development in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Russian and French Experts and Diplomats Discuss Interaction of the Two Countries in the Middle East
The Middle East remains a region of tensions due to the persisting contradictions between regional actors, as well as social and political instability in several countries. Therefore, political and economic trends in the Middle East are in need of theoretical understanding. To study the dynamics of political and economic developments in the region, it is important to identify the underlying cause-and-effect patterns in regional processes as well as drivers of systemic transformations in the Middle East.
The aim of the project is to explore the main trends in the region’s political and economic development. The objectives of the project include determining the parameters of political and economic dynamics in the Middle East, patterns of systemic transformation in international relations, as well as development trajectories in the Middle Eastern countries.
The project offers a closer look at the prospects for fostering Russia’s relations with Turkey, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Israel and other countries in the region.
Project Partners
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Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
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IMEMO RAS
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Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA, Egypt)
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The Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS, Iran)
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Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye (SAM, Turkey)
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Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR, UAE)
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Al-Rafidain Center for Dialogue (RCD, Iraq)
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Foreign Policy Institute (FPI, Turkey)
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Nation Building Movement (NBM, Syria)
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Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS, Iran)
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Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University (IISS, China)
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Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS, China)
Key publications
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Report “Regional Trends in the Middle East: Political and Economic Dynamics”, 2023
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Report “Middle East: Impact of Afghanistan and Ukraine Crises on Key Regional Trends”, 2022
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Report “Political Risks for Russian-Egyptian Cooperation in North Africa”, 2021 (jointly with ECFA)
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Report “International Assistance to the Middle East and North Africa: Managing the Risks”, 2020
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Working Paper “Settling the Syrian Conflict Amid the Ukrainian Crisis: Political Economy Perspective”, 2022
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Working Paper “Russia and Turkey: State and Prospects of Energy Cooperation”, 2021
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Working Paper “Russia and Iran in Syria and Beyond: Challenges Ahead”, 2020 (jointly with IRAS)
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Policy Brief “Russia — UAE Cooperation in the Energy Sector”, 2023 (jointly with ECSSR)
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Policy Brief “Syria — Turkey Relations: A Road to Normalization”, 2023
Analytics (348)
Beijing offers an alternative to past approaches for the Mashriq states, which have spent many years grappling with internal and external challenges
ShortPerhaps, the notion that the established two-state paradigm has no workable alternatives needs to be clarified or even revisited?
ShortThe U.S. and the UK will likely use the challenging military and political environment for a further escalation of the crisis
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Interview (14)
The reality is that, like it or not, the West, including Europe, are on the losing side of the conflict in Syria and this automatically limits leverage
ShortIn an interview, Ruslan Mamedov unpacks Moscow’s policy in Syria and its attitude toward Bashar al-Assad
ShortInterview
Comments (49)
For the past two years, Russia has lobbied governments across the world to invest in post-war economic reconstruction in Syria as if it was more interested in this than Damascus…
Shorthe Arab Spring, armed conflicts and diplomatic crises, revolutions and coups, having stunned the international community at first, were provided with so many explanations later…
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Expert columns (45)
When al-Sisi became the country’s new president in 2014, Russia and Egypt entered a new stage in their bilateral relations
ShortAvoiding a new round of violence is ultimately in the interests of all the players involved in resolving the Syrian problem
ShortExpert columns
Analytics (348)
Beijing offers an alternative to past approaches for the Mashriq states, which have spent many years grappling with internal and external challenges
ShortPerhaps, the notion that the established two-state paradigm has no workable alternatives needs to be clarified or even revisited?
ShortThe U.S. and the UK will likely use the challenging military and political environment for a further escalation of the crisis
Analytics
Interview (14)
The reality is that, like it or not, the West, including Europe, are on the losing side of the conflict in Syria and this automatically limits leverage
ShortIn an interview, Ruslan Mamedov unpacks Moscow’s policy in Syria and its attitude toward Bashar al-Assad
ShortInterview
Expert columns (45)
Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council
Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council
Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council
Scientific Consultants
RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president
Project Manager
Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council
On March 3–5, 2024, the international forum “RCD Forum 2024. Future of Mankind: Crises and Transformations” was held in Baghdad, Iraq
On February 26, 2024, students from the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs (WEIA) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
During the meeting Ruslan Mamedov, Scientific Advisor of the Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the IOS RAS presented the monograph “Iraq at the Beginning of the 21st Century: on the Way to a New Statehood”
Comments (49)
Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC Member
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president
RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC Member
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