On July 10, 2015 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) jointly with the Valdai International Discussion Club held a roundtable that featured the presentation of a report titled “Radical Islamism: Ideological and Political Motivation and the Influence on the Global Muslim Community." The author of the publication is Georgy Mirsky, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The roundtable was attended by Russian Orientalist scholars, representatives of academic circles and journalists.
The event was opened by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Valdai Scientific Director Fyodor Lukyanov.
On July 10, 2015 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) jointly with the Valdai International Discussion Club held a roundtable that featured the presentation of a report titled “Radical Islamism: Ideological and Political Motivation and the Influence on the Global Muslim Community."
The author of the publication is Georgy Mirsky, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The roundtable was attended by Russian Orientalist scholars, representatives of academic circles and journalists.
The event was opened by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Valdai Scientific Director Fyodor Lukyanov.
During the presentation, Georgy Mirsky noted the terroristic nature of the Islamic State. At the same time, he said that the IS would not likely survive, but that jihadism would remain a global phenomenon, a kind of “plague of the 21st century.”
The presentation continued with a series of questions for the author of the report and comments as part of the discussion. The meeting participants discussed the establishment of islamism, its ideology, the motivation of its followers and ways to solve the problem.
Summarizing the meeting, Fyodor Lukyanov stressed, “The era of Western centrism is coming to an end. The Middle East will no longer be what it was in the 20th century. It currently resembles a funnel that keeps taking in more and more. It’s obvious that we need to act together. The question is how to act.”
Presentation of a report titled “Radical Islamism: Ideological and Political Motivation and the Influence on the Global Muslim Community"
