On July 25, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a closed seminar “The U.S. Factor in the Middle East in the New Conditions”. The goal of the meeting was to discuss key regional trends in the Middle East, taking into account the U.S. factor. The seminar was attended by the leading Russian experts on the Middle East, and on the USA.
The first session was devoted to the results of the Middle East tour of U.S. President Joe Biden, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the Middle East configuration, the prospects for the creation of “Arab NATO”, and the energy policy of the Middle East countries in the new conditions. During the second session, the participants discussed the current U.S.-Israel relations, Israel's internal and external problems in the context of election preparation, Iran's regional policy, and the prospects for resuming the JCPOA.
On July 25, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a closed seminar “The U.S. Factor in the Middle East in the New Conditions”. The goal of the meeting was to discuss key regional trends in the Middle East, taking into account the U.S. factor. The seminar was attended by the leading Russian experts on the Middle East, and on the USA.
The first session was devoted to the results of the Middle East tour of U.S. President Joe Biden, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the Middle East configuration, the prospects for the creation of “Arab NATO”, and the energy policy of the Middle East countries in the new conditions. During the second session, the participants discussed the current U.S.-Israel relations, Israel's internal and external problems in the context of election preparation, Iran's regional policy, and the prospects for resuming the JCPOA.
The seminar was attended by: Alexander Aksenyonok, RIAC Vice-President; Anastasia Bogacheva, Researcher at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS; Tatyana Bogdasarova, Program Manager at the RIAC; Ivan Bocharov, Program Assistant at the RIAC; Sergey Veselovsky, PhD in Political Science; Boris Dolgov, Leading Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS), Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS (IOS RAS); Ibragim Ibragimov, Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS; Andrey Kortunov, Director General at the RIAC; Pyotr Kortunov, Program Coordinator at the RIAC; Vladimir Likhachev, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, HSE University; Alexey Malashenko, Chief Research Fellow at the Center for Situational Analysis, IMEMO RAS; Adlan Margoev, Researcher at the Center for Middle East and African Studies, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; Dmitry Maryasis, Head of the Department of Israel and Jewish Communities, IOS RAS; Alexander Maryasov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Iran (2001-2005); Igor Matveev, Senior Researcher at the CAIS, IOS RAS; Sergey Melkonyan, Researcher at the Department of Israel and Jewish Communities, IOS RAS; Vladimir Sazhin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies, IOS RAS; Lyudmila Samarskaya, Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS; Sergey Serebrov, Senior Researcher at the CAIS, IOS RAS; Konstantin Truevtsev, Leading Researcher at the CAIS, IOS RAS; Alexey Khlebnikov, RIAC Expert; Luiza Khlebnikova, Deputy Director for International and Public Affairs at the Center for Security and Development Studies at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
