The topic of the conference was determined particularly by the strengthening of the role of the religious factor in the emergence and development of conflict situations in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa
On December 2, 2020, the Institute for Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) held the conference "Prospects for the processes of destabilization in the Middle East and North Africa: before and after the pandemic". The ...
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 Russia, the U....
... 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.
The main ...
... 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
report
“Imagining ...
... 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 of the states ...
... tables. What Role for International Actors in MENA Crises.” The goal of the seminar is to exchange views of Russian and foreign experts regarding the role and influence of regional and international actors in major crises affecting the Middle East and North Africa.
It is the second seminar RIAC is holding with ISPI and theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy within the preparation for the fifth annual International Conference “Mediterranean Dialogues”, that will be ...
RIAC Infographics
“Military Power of the States of the Middle East and North Africa” infographics provides an opportunity to compare the size of the armed forces and the defense spending of the states of the region. The infographic provides data on major arms suppliers and key security partners for the Middle East and ...
The conference aimed at initiating an essential discussion on the multi-disciplinary topic among the experts in security and promotion of development, as well as the experts in specific countries and regions coming from Russia, the countries of the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America.
On December 14-15, 2017, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted International Conference «Empowering Sustainability in a Fragile World».
The conference was held by the international consortium...
On April 6, RIAC and International Crisis Group (ICG) held a joint workshop addressing issues of security and development in the Middle East and North Africa. The event was opened by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Jost Hiltermann, Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa, ICG.
The first session covered Middle Eastern actors’ stances in the regional conflicts, the ...
RIAC Working Paper #38/2017
This paper presents proposals on building a regional security system in West Asia and North Africa. The authors propose to use the term “West Asia” to facilitate new views and approaches on the existing problems and bring economic and geographical interaction to the forefront of the relations between the external and regional actors ...
