... the auspices of the Emirates Policy Center with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE. It is attended by experts, diplomats, journalists, public figures, businessmen, and government officials from the Middle East, as well as from other regions of the world. The main topics for discussion this year were issues of the impact of technology on military power, changing parameters of national power, the ongoing shifts in world finances and global energy ...
... principle became the basis for the Treaty between the USA and the USSR on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles of 1987, as well as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991
[xv]
.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities
Anyway, this approach was soon surpassed both by the strong defeat in Indochina, after which the US visibly retreated to their
home garden
, and which led them to a rediscovery of the terricolous ...
... including Europe, are on the losing side of the conflict in Syria and this automatically limits leverage
During the 11
th
EU–Russia Expert Network on Foreign Policy (EUREN)
meeting
, Andrea Dessì,
Senior Fellow within IAI's Mediterranean and Middle East Program, who spoke at the event, discussed with the RIAC Editorial Team which outcomes he expects from the Syrian constitution talks, how the U.S. is exerting pressure on Iran via sanctions and what the EU and Russia have in common when it ...
On October 25, 2019 in Moscow, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with Primakov Center for International Cooperation and Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund organized a conference "Political Mosaic of the Middle East: Russia's Strategy and Inside View" as part of the 9th research and educational program “Dialogue in the Name of the Future — 2019”, dedicated to the 90th birthday anniversary of Yevgeny Primakov.
On October 25, 2019 in Moscow,...
Beyond the scope of the current security agenda, European experts generally do not see Moscow making any significant contribution to the future of the MENA
In 2016-2019 an international consortium of think tanks and universities from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa carried out a large-scale research
project
“Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: Mapping Geopolitical Shifts, Regional Order and Domestic Transformations”. One of the final results of the project was the ...
RIAC Working Paper № 48/2019
RIAC Working Paper № 48/2019
This working paper was prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council as part of the RIAC’s project on «Conflicts in the Middle East: Tools and Strategies for Settlement». This paper is devoted to analyzing the situation in the oil and gas market in Iraq and Syria, as well as the energy policy of Russia in the Arab Mashreq region. The authors also analyze Iraq’s oil ...
America’s withdrawal creates an opportunity and a challenge for Moscow.
The withdrawal of American forces from Syria is said to be a gift to Russia. As the sole power from outside the Middle East with military forces and political influence in Syria, Russia may indeed become the security manager in that country. But only if it rises to the occasion. So far Russia has earned the right to play a role in Syria, but if it wants to be the ...
...
However, it can be argued that discussing future economic relations between the two countries might not be the main purpose of this visit. This arrangement from Russia's part should be viewed in the context of the country's regional strategy in the Middle East, the core component of which is playing the role of an honest broker. Practically it entails maintaining positive relations with every player in the region, while at the same time refraining from aligning too close to either of them. So far,...
The Syrian Crisis: A Thorny Path from War to Peace
The second decade of the 21st century began with a string of explosive protests in the Middle East and North Africa. The region has become a source of violence and terrorism, dramatic national upheavals, humanitarian catastrophes, and waves of migration. Most countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) have launched the needed ...
..., Russian and foreign media.
On September 20, 2019, in Moscow, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the National Research University Higher School of Economics held a presentation of RIAC’s reader Armies and Security in the Middle East and North Africa. The event was attended by representatives of leading Russian research centers, government agencies, Russian and foreign media.
The reader consists of articles that systematize information on the armies and security services ...
