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Attack on Saudi Arabia: What Next?

Repeated attacks and growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran put a question mark over the future of Middle Eastern exports The attack on the infrastructure facilities of Saudi Arabia’s national oil and gas company Saudi Aramco is the largest interruption of energy supplies in history (in absolute terms)....

25.09.2019

Onslaught of French Diplomacy

Macron can achieve tactical, albeit quite tangible, successes in its policy on Russia and Iran Discussions about the role of the European Union (EU) in international affairs pushed into the background global ambitions of the individual European states. French President Emmanuel Macron firmly recalled that it is too soon to discard European ...

25.09.2019

JCPOA: Forward Into the Past

Sooner or later, the Emerging Situation Will Force the Trump Administration to Make the Difficult Choice between the JCPOA and a New War in the Middle East In the last few months, the U.S.¬–Iran confrontation has been rapidly and steadily plunging the Middle East into the atmosphere of an impending armed conflict. The main stumbling block for Tehran and Washington is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the two states differed ...

20.09.2019

Factors That Led to the Growth of Al-Qaida and Emergence of ISIS Are Still There

... region is not stabilized, ISIS will continue to emerge and re-emerge Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, President of the Middle East Research Institute, shares his thoughts on security issues for the Middle East. Andrey Kortunov, Michel Duclos: Helping Iran to Make the Right Choice Nowadays, Iran is perceived mostly as the source of instability in the region. In your opinion, there is something that regional actors and global actors can do here to change the situation? What is clearly missing is proper ...

16.09.2019

R6 — the Case for a New Global Currency Basket

It is the time for a more inclusive global financial structure Sanctions and Sacrifice of Generations Ivan Timofeev: US Withdrawal From the JCPOA and Anti-Iranian Sanctions: Pros and Cons I have lived through sanctions. I know their aroma of depravity, their unipolar projections of might, and their arbitrary fright on lives of ordinary people, economies and generations who live and are raised through sanctions....

11.09.2019

Undestanding the Gulf States: The European Perspective

... as terrorists. This is probably the biggest problem. Saudi Arabia also has a problem, but it is emerging as a country that is stopping and challenging radicalized militias. Also, over the past 6–7 years, Qatar has started to work very closely with Iran, while Saudi Arabia and Iran have hostile relationships. Iran is responsible for creating great levels of instability in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in general. Some people in the Gulf question the loyalty of Qatar because of its relationships with ...

10.09.2019

RIAC at the Meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister

On September 2, 2019, in Moscow, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation hosted a meeting for Russian experts and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. On September 2, 2019, in Moscow, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation hosted a meeting ...

05.09.2019

Jerusalem Format: Searching for a Solution to the Crisis in the Middle East

The trilateral meeting in Jerusalem showed significant differences in the approaches of Russia and the US-Israel tandem towards the tactics regarding the role of Iran in Syria. On July 20, Jerusalem hosted a summit meeting for the national security advisers of Israel, the US, and Russia that was unusual both in terms of composition and thematic content. Intensive negotiations held in bilateral and trilateral ...

03.09.2019

Cyberwarfare without Rules

... have the power, means, normative and regulatory support, but also the political will to actively use destructive ICT capabilities. In this regard, we should note that all of the United States’ current strategic planning documents name Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea as its main opponents, and these countries are likely to be the targets of any cyberattacks. National Security Advisor of the United States John Bolton confirmed as much at a conference held by The Wall Street Journal this past ...

24.07.2019
 

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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
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    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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