... Progressive Studies (FEPS), Italian International Affairs Institute (IAI), with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), held an expert web seminar "Regional Security and De-Escalation in the Middle East: What Role for Europe?"
On October 7, 2020, Brussels Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Italian International Affairs Institute (IAI), with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ...
On September 2, 2020, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in the Middle East and North Africa took place
On September 2, 2020, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in the Middle East and North Africa took place.
High-level experts from ...
On August 25, 2020, Middle East Mediterranean Summer Summit Forum started online at the University of Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana). The event will last till August 29
On August 25, 2020,
Middle East Mediterranean Summer Summit Forum
started online at the ...
...
On July 28, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Center for Political Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Russia held a closed online seminar “Assessing the Middle East conflicts (Lebanon, Iraq and Libya). View from Russia and Israel”. The event was attended by leading experts and diplomats from Russia and Israel.
The seminar was divided into two sessions: "Political instability in Lebanon and Iraq: ...
On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Opening speeches were...
On July 13, 2020, a regular meeting of the U.S.–Russia Middle East Dialogue Group was held online. The event was organized by Washington Middle East Institute in partnership with Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the U.S. Department of Defense.
On July 13, 2020, a regular meeting of the ...
The Middle Eastern Case
Thematically and methodologically, this paper is a continuation of
my essay published in Russia in Global Affairs a year ago
(Kuznetsov, 2019), as well as several earlier works. This article pursues two goals: first, it seeks to ...
How to boost Russian soft power in the Middle East
Discussions about a country’s soft power are generally triggered by foreign policy crises or an urgent need to renew the institutions responsible for projecting such power. The recent controversy in expert and journalistic circles about ...
... discussed during the meeting: the role of external players in conflict situations in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Russia was represented at the meeting by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Irina Zvyagelskaya, RIAC Expert, Head of the Center for the Middle East Studies at RAS IMEMO.
... Academic Director, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
On June 17, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an online roundtable discussion on the COVID-19 epidemic and its implications for conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa.
Opening speeches were made by Igor Ivanov, President of Russian International Affairs Council, and Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC Member, RAS Full Member, Academic Director, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences....
