... and top levels. This development is significant because the long-standing
period of accusations
may be followed by a window of opportunities, although even such a hypothetical probability seems temporary bearing in mind the extreme volatility of the Middle Eastern processes and their penchant for fast political transformations.
In this regard, Russia should carry out at least two important foreign policy tasks. The first relates to the timely and properly forecasting of regime change in Syria which ...
... Vasilyev
, Political scientist, Consultant on politics and new media of Minister of Information of Israel (2009-2013), Speaker of the Knesset consultant (2013-2015), to find out more about the prime minister's plans for his new term, prospects for a Middle East settlement, and Israelis’ attitudes to the Victory Day.
What changes in Israel's policies do you expect from the new government?
Observers expected a coalition that would secure his convincing victory in the early elections but it gained ...
... Russia: Current Transformations of an Enduring Relationship” was held in Doha. The event was organized by
Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
.
The event was attended by over 50 experts, journalists and public figures from the Arab world, Middle East analysts from key specialized Russian institutions, as well as Russian Ambassador to Qatar Nurmahmad Kholov and representatives of other CIS embassies.
RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov attended the conference where he delivered a lecture ...
The Camp David summit between Barack Obama and GCC states that took place on May 13-14 bears an enormous symbolic meaning for Washington as it echoes US Middle East peacemaking efforts under Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. This time, however, the summit’s goal was to reconcile the US with its long-time partners in the region, the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The ties that have been weakening during ...
... that the situation is clear – the U.S. missile “umbrella” is designed to protect its allies on the Arabian Peninsula from the expected missile “rain” from Iran.
Talking to U.S. diplomats and military personnel who have been working in the Middle East for a number of decades, as well as regional experts and political scientists, helps us reconstruct a picture of the world as it appears in the minds of those who determine U.S. policy in the region. They are not interested in resolving the ...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the German foundation
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
are starting a joint project to analyse the contemporary situation in the Middle East. The project aims to draw up practical recommendations for the Russian and German leadership on setting up constructive cooperation between the two countries in order to help resolve the crisis situation that has developed in the region since ...
April has been a month of vibrant Russian foreign policy activity in the Middle East. A number of Middle Eastern leaders visited Moscow; Russian diplomats held the second consultative meeting between representatives of the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition; Russian planes evacuated all Russian citizens from Yemen,...
Media outlets and government circles both cringe and squirm when the subject of Westerners leaving the West to go fight in Syria and Iraq with the Islamic State arises. While acquiring data and calculating accurate numbers wildly diverges from source to source, there is no doubt that ANY number simply makes countries like the United States uncomfortable and perplexed: in short, how could anyone want to leave the land of the free, the tolerant, the open, the just and go fight for a group that represents...
A second front seems to have been fully opened up in the Middle East by the whirlwind events in Yemen, which few predicted and hence have generated numerous
forecasts
regarding the consequences for the broader security of the Arabia Peninsula and the Middle East as a whole. They
state
that the Yemen crisis ...
... AQAP dramatically stepped up its activities, particularly in the oil-rich province of Ma’rib, which, in turn, was due to both external and internal factors. The former implies the emergence of the Islamic state and its growing influence in the Middle East. This successful project could not but affect the overall situation in the region: various radical Islamist groups have perceived ISIL as the real force worth joining. AQAP has been no exception and received an additional motivation for its ...
