Project: Security and Development in the Middle East: Trends and Challenges

The Middle East remains a region of tensions due to the persisting contradictions between regional actors, as well as social and political instability in several countries. Therefore, political and economic trends in the Middle East are in need of theoretical understanding. To study the dynamics of political and economic developments in the region, it is important to identify the underlying cause-and-effect patterns in regional processes as well as drivers of systemic transformations in the Middle East.

The aim of the project is to explore the main trends in the region’s political and economic development. The objectives of the project include determining the parameters of political and economic dynamics in the Middle East, patterns of systemic transformation in international relations, as well as development trajectories in the Middle Eastern countries.

The project offers a closer look at the prospects for fostering Russia’s relations with Turkey, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Israel and other countries in the region.

Project Partners

  • Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

  • IMEMO RAS

  • Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA, Egypt)

  • The Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS, Iran)

  • Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye (SAM, Turkey)

  • Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR, UAE)

  • Al-Rafidain Center for Dialogue (RCD, Iraq)

  • Foreign Policy Institute (FPI, Turkey)

  • Nation Building Movement (NBM, Syria)

  • Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS, Iran)

  • Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University (IISS, China)

  • Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS, China)

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Interview (15)

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Comments (49)

Vasily Kuznetsov

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

Neo-Modernity: A New Framework for Political Reality
Aleksandr Aksenenok

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Economic Reconstruction in Syria – a case for selective engagement between the EU and Russia?
Vitaly Naumkin

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vasily Kuznetsov

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

A New Security Architecture for the Middle East?

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Expert columns (49)

Ivan Bocharov

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Avoiding War
Rich Berdan

Freelance writer, based in Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Iran’s Quandary Following the Assassination in the Homeland
Hamna Ghias Sheikh

MPhil Scholar in International Relations, Independent Researcher on Pakistan and current affairs

Shadows of Escalation: The Ripple Effects of Ismail Haniyeh's Assassination on Middle Eastern Stability

Scientific Consultants

Vitaly Naumkin

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Aleksandr Aksenenok

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Project Manager

Ivan Bocharov

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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