Project: Security System in the Middle East
- Russian and French Experts and Diplomats Discuss Interaction of the Two Countries in the Middle East
Project goals: analyze the interests of the Middle East states in intra-regional cooperation and in cooperation with Russia and other global players; forecast medium- and long-term trends in the development of international relations system in the Middle East, and elaborate recommendations for government agencies and other organizations.
The project focuses on the prospects for Russia's relations with Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Key Publications of the Project:
- Report “Russia and the Greater Middle East”, 2013
- Report “Squaring the Circle: Russian and European Views on Syrian Reconstruction”, 2019
- Working Paper “Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Arab Republic of Egypt: Opportunities and Constraints”, 2015
- Working Paper “Proposals on Building a Regional Security System in West Asia and North Africa”, 2017
- Working Paper “Russia and Israel: The Middle Eastern Vector of Relations”, 2018
- Working Paper “After the Caliphate: The Prospects of Russia–Iraq Relations”, 2019
- Working Paper “Russian Policy in the Middle East: Dividends and Costs of the Big Game”, 2018
- Poliy Brief “Possibilities of a Strategic Relationship Between Russia and Saudi Arabia”, 2016
- Poliy Brief “Yemen Crisis: Causes, Threats and Resolution Scenarios”, 2017
Partners
- Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Analytics (275)
Iran and the Arab states of the Gulf would gain from taking control over their security interests
ShortWest Asia suffers from a regional systems failure in the absence of a sufficiently inclusive and viable regional security framework capable of preventing and defusing conflict
ShortThe impeachment process of US President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would determine the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen…
ShortAnalytics
Interview (14)
The reality is that, like it or not, the West, including Europe, are on the losing side of the conflict in Syria and this automatically limits leverage
ShortIn an interview, Ruslan Mamedov unpacks Moscow’s policy in Syria and its attitude toward Bashar al-Assad
ShortInterview
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he Arab Spring, armed conflicts and diplomatic crises, revolutions and coups, having stunned the international community at first, were provided with so many explanations later…
ShortThe second decade of the 21st century began with a string of explosive protests in the Middle East and North Africa, which have destabilized not only the countries that saw…
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Expert columns (23)
The formal legitimacy of the Turkish geological exploration and Ankara's rights to the exclusive economic zone depends on the durability of the Faiz Saraj regime
ShortWhile Moscow is not interested in a direct confrontation with the West, it may use its relatively successful Libya endeavour to accrue benefits in its negotiations with Western…
ShortExpert columns
Analytics (275)
Iran and the Arab states of the Gulf would gain from taking control over their security interests
ShortWest Asia suffers from a regional systems failure in the absence of a sufficiently inclusive and viable regional security framework capable of preventing and defusing conflict
ShortThe impeachment process of US President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would determine the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen…
ShortAnalytics
Interview (14)
The reality is that, like it or not, the West, including Europe, are on the losing side of the conflict in Syria and this automatically limits leverage
ShortIn an interview, Ruslan Mamedov unpacks Moscow’s policy in Syria and its attitude toward Bashar al-Assad
ShortInterview
Expert columns (23)
Referent at the Russian International Affairs Council, Head of Moscow Youth Department of the Russian Society of Political Scientists
Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia
PhD student in Political Science and Regional Studies, State University of Saint Petersburg, Russia
Scientific Consultants
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president
President of the RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, RAS Full Member, RIAC member
Project Manager
MSc in International Relations, Program Manager (MENA) at the Russian International Affairs Councill
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Coordinator, had a meeting with the Ambassador.
On January 28, 2020, RIAC together with Africa Business Initiative held an expert meeting on the scenario for Libya: assessments of the current situation, further dynamics and multilateral agreements. The role of Russia in resolving tensions in the region.
Leonid Leonid Grigoryev, Adrian Pabst
Andrey Melville, Alexey Barabashev, Alexander Obolonsky, Riccardo Mario Cucciolla
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PhD in History, Director, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member
President of the RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, RAS Full Member, RIAC member
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president
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