Will Russia continue its “business as usual” aimed at maintaining the existing status-quo or will it be forced to review and to revise its positions towards Israel, Palestinians, Iran and its main partners in the Arab world?
The spectacular comeback of Donald Trump to the White House will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the US overall international positioning, as well as on specific dimensions of the US approaches to ...
... allies who were assisting Israel in the Doomsday War. The member-states of this Organization used economic tools to influence Israel's allies and support Egypt and Syria in the conflict with Israel. Such actions notably contrasted with the state of Iranian-Israeli relations, which were quite constructive until the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Ivan Bocharov:
Conflict in the Middle East: Possible Regional Implications
Much has changed since then; Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt have ...
... Nasrallah. In turn, on the evening of October 1, Tehran responded by launching a mass missile attack on Israel.
The fighting in the conflict zone between Israel and Hezbollah is far from over. In addition, it is reported that Israel is preparing to strike Iran. The continuation of the fighting and the uncertainty over a possible Israeli response makes it very difficult to discern possible regional implications. Too much depends on the scale of Israel’s operation in Lebanon: the behavior of non-state ...
On October 10, 2024, the Institute of Contemporary International Studies (ICIS) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia hold a round table “Iran in the Context of the Extreme Aggravation of Regional and International Situation”
On October 10, 2024, the Institute of Contemporary International Studies (ICIS) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia hold a round ...
Trump’s victory will be undesirable for Tehran, but it is difficult to call it mortally dangerous for the country
Given that American foreign policy today is largely burdened with containing
Russia
and
China
, an active anti-Iranian policy may face a lack of resources. Therefore, Trump’s victory will be undesirable for Tehran.
The outcome of the US presidential elections has very little significance for Russia. The elections are also unlikely to fundamentally change the ...
While Tehran expresses concern over the Zangezur Corridor—which does not necessarily border Iran—it overlooks genuine security issues that threaten its interests
The repeated statements by Iranian officials regarding the Zangezur Corridor reveal Tehran's displeasure with Moscow over the project, which connects Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan region ...
... major regional conflict. The military operation of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip was to be followed by fierce hostilities in the West Bank, then by a large-scale border clash between Israel and Lebanon, and, finally, by an Israeli–Iranian war, which had been looming on the political horizon for years and was literally just a step away, with the likely involvement of several key regional and global actors, including the United States.
Andrey Kortunov:
When “Iron Swords” Return ...
... overdue and predictable, regardless of triggers similar to the “Kayseri incident”. For more than 13 years of the Syrian crisis, a tangled web of foreign policy contradictions has emerged between Ankara and Damascus due to the involvement of Russia, Iran, the United States and the GCC monarchies in the conflict. These were almost immediately compounded by domestic political issues: the Turkish “protectorate” in northern Syria with a military presence unauthorized by the central Syrian authorities,...
Soviet influence in the Middle East was ultimately useless, and now it seems Washington is heading down the same path
The confrontation between Iran and Israel has been going on for several weeks now. However, none of the parties directly – or, indeed, indirectly – involved in Middle East politics are keen to see events there escalate into a larger military conflict.
In other words, the situation ...
The two rivals’ jabs at each other are rapidly increasing in both number and intensity
The situation in the Middle East, where the aspirations of Iran and Israel have once again collided, is paradoxical in that there is no way out. Both sides would like to put a stop to the other’s gallop, but this is impossible without disastrous consequences for themselves. There are many reasons for this situation,...
