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June 28, 2021, 15:00 GMT+3 On June 28, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council and the Middle East Directions Programme at the European University Institute (EUI) will hold a webinar meeting “A Gradual Approach Towards a New Security System in the Persian Gulf”. Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council ...
RIAC and ECFA Report № 68/2021 RIAC and ECFA Report № 68/2021 This report aims to analyze political risks for Russian-Egyptian Cooperation in North Africa and summarizes joint findings by experts from the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA). Russia and Egypt have important stakes in the region; both are actively engaged in international efforts to provide for peace and stability in North Africa. Russian and Egyptian experts pay specific...
Report No. 62/2021 Report No. 62/2021 This report examines the ins and outs of providing international assistance to the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through the prism of risk management. It provides an evaluation of the original typology of the risks associated with the provision of external support and reveals the main endogenous and exogenous risk factors that ...
... nationalist movements are waiting for the necessary external and internal conditions to mature The events of the “Arab Spring” that began 10 years ago were considered a tectonic shift, capable of overturning the previous development logic of the Middle East. While the collective West counted on “democratisation” due to their liberal ideology, Russia or China called for a more cautious assessment of what was happening. The region itself has been torn apart by the clash of ideologies, identities,...
On April 10, 2021, the conference "Social Development in the Middle East and North Africa at the Present Stage" was held at MGIMO University On April 10, 2021, the conference "Social Development in the Middle East and North Africa at the Present Stage" was held at MGIMO University. The event was ...
... Spring, which promised to open the way to positive change in the region, turned out to be a major disappointment The year 2020 was probably the strangest year of the 21st century so far. It also concluded one of its most eventful decades. For the Middle East, it began with the Arab Spring, which was the culmination of a long period of worsening political crises and increasing social tensions. The Arab Spring, which promised to open the way to positive change in the region, turned out to be a major ...
... preserving state sovereignty as the only factor guaranteeing stability and cooperation in international politics, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev. Large-scale changes in the domestic and international political configuration of the Middle East, dubbed the “Arab Spring” in popular culture, coincided with the return of Russia to world politics. In this regard, Moscow’s intervention in the conflict over Syria has played a much larger role in strengthening its global position ...
Ivan Bocharov’s Interview for Ahval Last month, Libya’s warring factions agreed on a joint administration to lead the country until elections scheduled for December. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, a Libyan businessman from the western city of Misrata, was named as interim Prime Minister, while Mohammad Younes Menfi, Libya’s former ambassador to Greece, will serve as the country’s President. Nicholas Morgan, journalist and analyst at Ahval, spoke with Ivan Bocharov, Referent at the Russian International Affairs...
The event was organized by the Center for Agricultural Research and Food Security On March 29, 2020, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences held the round table “Agrarian Problems and Models of Economic Development in the East”. The event was organized by the Center for Agricultural Research and Food Security. The round table was devoted to the issues of agrarian development and agricultural policy, food and environmental security problems in the East. Besides, the...
The event was attended by leading Russian and European experts On March 15, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) held an off-limits online workshop on the situation in the Middle East and Syria. The event was attended by leading Russian and European experts. Opening remarks were made by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the European Council ...
