Region: Africa

Working Paper No. 97 / 2026

Report No. 110 / 2026

Interview with Professor Vladimir Orlov

As JNIM embeds deeper through local mediation, propaganda in native languages, and economic incentives amid poverty, the risk grows that northern Benin could serve as a launchpad for wider coastal threats

In the context of the evident crisis within the UN, there is a pressing need for the next Secretary-General to be an exceptional and energetic individual, prepared to make every effort to address key international problems and to reform the Organization

On March 16, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a conference “Conflicts in Middle East and North Africa: Escalation Factors and Transformation Tracks”

Strategic communication one of the most important tools of global governance, can both significantly enhance human development and dangerously exacerbate existential risks

On February 18, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held the Urban Breakfast titled “The Middle East in the Mirror of Myths” at the Dostoevsky Library

The African Sahel as a Laboratory for Global Transformation

RIAC and IIS MGIMO Working Paper #88 / 2025

Feigned loyalty to the United States and its leadership can prove more dangerous than open resistance

Article by Sergey Lavrov for African media dedicated to the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum, December 18, 2025