Despite the efforts of Middle Eastern countries to enhance their influence in regional and international affairs, they continue to deal with issues that require external support
Becoming more evident in recent years, the latest events taking place in the Middle East may reinforce ...
Working Paper No. 89 / 2024
Working Paper No. 89 / 2024
North Africa has demonstrated steady regional economic growth and certain development potential, despite the various problems and challenges facing North African states. This Working Paper analyzes the financial and economic development dynamics of North African countries and examines in detail the prospects for developing cooperation between Russia and the countries of the region.
Financial and Economic Development Dynamics of North African...
... in Damascus will not be able to launch a full-scale sustainable reconstruction. Turkey alone cannot fill this gap, as its own economy is not able to provide Syria with the necessary assistance. Ankara can contribute if other actors (the Gulf states, Europe ... ... in Syria could be discussed at a Putin–Trump meeting, even though Syria is outside of Washington’s top priorities in the Middle East;
Military-technical cooperation.
Russia could help the new Syrian authorities diversify military-technical cooperation....
... combination of strategic opportunities, risks and challenges with the rise of uncertain and hard-to-predict factors.” The Chinese leader urged to prepare not for “bad weather” but for a “storm.” For this purpose, the risks for the Chinese economy, the source of which is in the Middle East, should have been minimized, because confrontation with the U.S. looks highly likely.
Gulf countries’ stance toward China
Nikolay Surkov:
De-Escalation for the Gulf—Success and Challenge for China
The Arab monarchies of the Gulf are increasingly ...
... of the Haifa port, China’s participation in the construction causing U.S. warnings. In the
opinion
of U.S. officials, increased Chinese investment in Israel is a serious threat to the latter’s national security.
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China’s influence in the Middle East is still mainly limited to issues of trade and economy, currently pursued within the overarching framework of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). However, China is also harboring some foreign policy ambitions. This has become especially noticeable with China’s active stance in establishing relations ...
Report No. 91 / 2024
Report No. 91 / 2024
Owing to contradictions between regional actors, socioeconomic problems, and political instability in some countries, the situation in the Middle East remains tense. Given such circumstances, political and economic trends in the Middle East require a degree of theoretical conceptualization. The authors of this report analyze the current political and economic trends in the region’s Arab ...
... University; Vladimir Sazhin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IOS RAS; Irina Svistunova, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IMEMO RAS; and Dmitry Maryasis, Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal “Economy of the Middle East”.
The sessions were moderated by: Ivan Bocharov, Program Coordinator at the RIAC; Ibragim Ibragimov, Fellow Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IMEMO RAS; Grigory Lukyanov, Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic ...
... RCD Forum 2022 included a series of workshops, as well as several panel discussions on key regional and global trends. In particular, there were discussions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine military conflict on the global economy and international security. In addition, the participants discussed the problems of food security, global trends in the energy sector, as well as environmental challenges. A special attention was paid to instable countries of the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, there were discussions on the political crisis in Libya and the problem of Afghanistan, as well as the impact of situations in these countries on the region.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of ...
The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
On May 12, 2022, there was a presentation of the book dedicated to the modern economic legislation of the Arab countries on the example of Syria. The event was held at the State Historic Public Library of Russia (SHPL). The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and...
... models of economic development by these countries.
The articles for the monograph were prepared by the RIAC experts:
Alexander Akimov, Head of Department of Economic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Vyacheslav Belokrenitsky, Head of Center for Middle East Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Ivan Bocharov, Program Assistant at the RIAC
Gurgen Ghukasyan, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Irina Deryugina, Leading Researcher ...