... significantly changed the balance of power in the Middle East. Currently, the region witnesses the decline of the US role, the increase of China's activity, as well as the lack of stable economic development and social justice, and shortage of resources. Iran, Turkey and Israel are regional leaders, yet there is still no hegemon in the Middle East. China and Russia should develop multilateral and coordinated partnership in such areas as maintaining security and peace in the Middle East, expanding alternative ...
... known to what extent such an extraction of tactical benefits can become the basis of a long-term strategy.
Any chaos will inevitably be replaced by more or less systemic interaction among the most important opponents. We do not know how countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam or Pakistan will be able to defend their independence in a less conducive international environment. It is possible that the great powers will emerge from the acute phase of their confrontation so weakened that they will ...
... starting date of the conflict. At that time, the Syrian Republic was overwhelmed by mass protests following the havoc brought by the Arab Spring. As a result, a political crisis escalated into violent clashes, bringing external forces into the mix. Turkey, in particular, has been supporting the Syrian opposition. Initially, it was also supported by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Despite the cessation of large-scale hostilities, we cannot say that the Syrian conflict is frozen. There ...
... Civil War
Russian diplomat Maria Khodynskaya-Golenischeva analyses the background and the main causes of the Syrian Civil War. She reviews a wide spectrum of anti-government and pro-government military groups; highlights the importance of the US, Turkey and other regional players and the role they could play in the future; describes the complex Moscow diplomacy, both within the United Nations and on bilateral and multilateral levels.
The author, who perfectly speaks Arabic language and has a deep ...
... formally supports all anti-Russian international documents, taking sides with the U.S. and the EU at every vote in the UN—because the government of Mr. Garibashvili has not yet renounced its European aspirations.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis, Turkey and Eurasia: Who Wins?
A Pre-February Georgia
In order to understand how Georgia manages to combine a pro-Western course with its defiance of anti-Russian injunctions by the U.S. and the EU (which commands nothing but respect, according to
Sergey ...
... high-ranking officials and the military, as well as their assets. Similar restrictions have been imposed on the operator of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and three subsidiaries of Rosatom. A total of 22 vessels, which are involved in trade with Turkey and Arctic projects, are blocked. Visa sanctions have been introduced against
1,219 Russian military personnel
. Export control has been significantly expanded, including a list of industrial goods prohibited from deliveries to Russia. A wide ...
... the political track without mutual concessions
For the past year or two, the situation in Syria has retreated into the shadow of global crises, all exacerbated by the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The recent tragedy that befell Turkey and the five provinces in the neighboring Syria has once again drawn the attention of the international community not only to the loss of thousands of lives and colossal destruction but also to the extent to which these natural disasters may affect ...
... their multiple proposals on managing various dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It is not surprising to observe such proposals coming not only from major developing countries like China and India, but also from emerging regional leaders like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Indonesia.
The resolution of the crisis might well trigger long-awaited reforms in the global order, which should imply, among other things, a more prominent role for the Global South in the international system....
... (ICMP), United States
Richard Burt
Managing Partner, McLarty Associates, United States
General (Ret.)
Vincenzo Camporini
Scientific Adviser, Istituto Affari Internazionali; former Chief of Defence, Italy
Hikmet Çetin
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Richard A. Clarke
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs; and former Special Advisor to the President for Cybersecurity, White House National Security Council, United States
Ambassador (Ret.)
James F. Collins
Senior ...
... Persian Gulf with the Caspian Sea through Iran and create a trade route through Russian territory to Northern European countries. Subsequently, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria (as an observer), Kazakhstan, Oman, Tajikistan, Syria, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey joined the agreement. Over the several years of the project's existence, many agreements have been reached between the participants. In particular, Russian Railways Logistics and the Container Corporation of India “CONCOR” signed a service ...
