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On December 7, 2021, the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) held the conference “Prospects for the processes of destabilization in the Middle East, North Africa, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa”. The meeting was organized by the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS.

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On December 7, 2021, the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) held the conference “Prospects for the processes of destabilization in the Middle East, North Africa, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa”. The meeting was organized by the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS.

The goal of the conference was to discuss and develop mechanisms to prevent and overcome instability. Experts discussed the main factors of the processes of destabilization and stabilization in the countries of the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahel. In addition, the participants raised issues related to the revolutionary processes in the countries of the discussed regions. Particular attention was paid to the prospects for holding elections in Libya.

On the part of the RIAC, the conference was attended by: Denis Degterev, Professor of the Faculty of International Relations of MGIMO University; Grigory Lukyanov, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Higher School of Economics; Elena Kharitonova, Senior Researcher at the Institute for African Studies of the RAS; Ivan Bocharov, Program Assistant at the RIAC.