Region: Middle East

The main issue for Moscow in the Middle East in the years ahead will be the implementation of a shift from a military-political approach to an economic one or in other words from risk based approach…

As Russia seeks to expand its cooperation with Turkey beyond Syria, Moscow is unlikely to deter Ankara from a new offensive against the Kurds should Turkey decide to take action

On August 1˗4, 2019, Kazan was hosting an International Expert Dialogue "Russia — the Middle East". The event was organized by Evgeniy Primakov Center for International Cooperation together…

Information about cyberattacks and cyber security initiatives are hitting the headlines of leading socio-political media outlets

Kremlin has nothing to lose but a good opportunity to have a significant long-term gain if the Turkish operation is successfully conducted

The problem common to the Russian and US (Western) approaches is that they describe the past and may prove of little use for describing the present and the future

The event is organized by Evgeniy Primakov Center for International Cooperation together with Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

The new sanctions war against Iran has been unleashed, and there is no way of stopping it

The incursion into Russia’s electric power grid, if it did indeed take place, is a gross violation on the part of the United States of the rules that it helped develop in the first place

Is Moscow capable of preserving the current status quo in Syria – and indeed in the region as a whole – in the long term, even if this status quo is in Russia’s interests?

The West/non-West opposition is nothing more than a socially constructed model which should be used with extreme caution due to its contradictory nature.

RIAC Policy Brief