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Andrey Kortunov Reads a Lecture for Israeli Diplomats

... Foreign Affairs visiting Russia on professional training program. The event was organized by the Embassy of Israel in Moscow. In the lecture, Andrey Kortunov focused on the problems of Russian-the US relations, the dynamics of conflict situations in the Middle East, the prospects for cooperation between Russia and China, as well as the risks of new regional crises and conflicts in the near future.

22.05.2019

Helping Iran to Make the Right Choice

Iran in the Middle East: Regional Spoiler or Stakeholder? Iran’s critical role in shaping the security agenda of the Middle East is indisputable. No matter what we discuss — the Syrian settlement, state-building in Iraq, civil war in Yemen or political dynamics ...

13.05.2019

The Three Phases of Jihadism

The interview with Dr. Gilles Kepel Dr. Gilles Kepel is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in contemporary issues of the Middle East and Muslims in the West. He is a professor and director of the Middle East and Mediterranean chair at Université Paris Sciences et Lettres. He is an author of 20 books. His latest book , “Beyond Chaos: The Crisis in the Mediterranean and ...

08.05.2019

Meeting with Georgetown University in Qatar Delegation

... Professor Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies, visited Russian International Affairs Council. RIAC guests got to know about the ongoing and finalized projects of the Council related to the Gulf region and the Middle East as a whole. Various aspects of Russia's policy in the Middle East were also discussed, including the Syrian settlement, the crisis in Yemen, the consequences of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan on Iran's nuclear program....

03.05.2019

Is Israel Taking Advantage of a Longtime Strategic Partner for Russia?

... latter part is far from the truth. Russo-Israeli relations had been improving for decades before Netanyahu entered the Israeli political scene. Primakov’s Mission: Laying the Foundations for Russo-Israeli Relations Yuri Barmin: Russia and Israel: The Middle Eastern Vector of Relations The “founder” of improving Russo-Israeli relations, Yevgeny Primakov, made a point (almost a mission) of maintaining some type of relationship between the two countries. Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War all the way ...

18.04.2019

UK–Russia Security Relations: Talking To, Not Past Each Other

... fruitful areas from the first round, and this third iteration used those previous discussions as a basis for four workshops on the most pressing security issues: the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; organised crime and terrorism; the Middle East; and cyber security. Certainly, the four roundtables that RUSI and RIAC hosted on these sensitive but salient security issues brought out some contentious views, but also revealed plenty of scope for practical agreement. The UK and Russian ...

05.04.2019

High-Level Second Track Meeting in Berlin Discusses Situation in Syria and Yemen

On February 24-26, 2019, Berlin is hosting a regular high-level “second track” meeting on security issues in the Middle East region; meetings in this format are regularly held by The Shaikh Group, an international political consulting agency. On February 24-26, 2019, Berlin is hosting a regular high-level “second track” meeting on security issues in the Middle ...

03.03.2019

Middle East: Everyone for Himself

Chairman of the PIR Center Council Lt-Gen Yevgeny Buzhinsky (Ret.) speaks on the prospects for a collective security system in the Middle East, regional divergences and the influence of external forces in an interview with www.valdaiclub.com on the sidelines of the Valdai Club’s Middle East Conference. Chairman of the PIR Center Council Lt-Gen Yevgeny Buzhinsky (Ret.) speaks ...

27.02.2019

Washington Hosts the Sixth Meeting of the US-Russia Dialog on the Middle East

On February 21–23, 2019, Washington, DC, hosted the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Russia Middle East Dialogue group, 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 February 21–23, 2019, Washington, DC, hosted the sixth meeting of ...

25.02.2019
 

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