... players. This renders it imperative to assess what role Turkey, a major NATO ally, is going to occupy in the future with regards to U.S. plans to limit Iranian expansion in the Middle East.
Yulia Sveshnikova, Hamidreza Azizi:
War of Interests for Peace in Syria
Washington's concerns over rising Iranian influence following the nuclear deal were prompted by several trends. The primary issue was Iranian
technological advancement
that could likely improve the regime's strike and deterrence capabilities. A ...
A Regional Rumble in Syria
Israel’s National Security: What’s at issue?
Since its foundation, Israel has based its defense calculations on two concepts: existential security and current security. Existential security concerns the preservation of the very fundamentals ...
Syria’s military and security forces play a key institutional role, which has kept the country from total collapse during the last six years of war
The role of the military and security services has been crucial to the stability of regimes in the ...
On February 12, 2018, Beirut hosted a seminar on the options for the future constitutional development and elections in Syria.
The research projects were launched by the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UN ESCWA). The projects are aiming at post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction in Syria....
The Military Conflict in Syria has Reshaped the Inner Circle
Ever since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1971, the three pillars of the Syrian regime have been the Ba’ath Party, the Alawite minority and the army. The current Syrian elites were formed around these three forces....
The topic of the discussion was the new aggravation of the military situation in Syria, interests of the major regional and global players in the Syrian conflict, the prospects for the political process in Geneva, and the impact of the Syrian conflict on the situation in the region of the Middle East in general.
On February 7 French ...
... the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, RIAC expert, represented Russia at the meeting. Iranian side was represented by the following speakers: Mahmud Shuri, Fellow for Russian Studies, IRAS, and Hassan Ahmadian, Research Fellow, IRAS.
Experts name the Syrian crisis and its resolution among the key factors for the future setting of the entire Middle East. The parties noted that the existence of ISIS had been uniting players with very different interests for the sake of one goal.
The victory over ISIS ...
... ability to ensure their own security. In this sense, the approaches of Russia and Iran may indeed differ.
Regional Security Problems in the Middle East as Viewed by Moscow and Tehran
Yulia Sveshnikova, Hamidreza Azizi:
War of Interests for Peace in Syria
Given the absence of an institutionalized regional order, certain loyalty structures in Iran which are responsible for regional policy and security have created a security system of their own. Iran has been relying on its regional influence, including ...
On February 6, RIAC members held a round table discussion at the International Multimedia Center "Rossiya Segodnya " under the framework of «Chemical weapons in Syria: Russia's position and the new US accusations» the format allowed for a contextual review of both internal Syrian and international reactions, political postures and a set of technical conditions around the use of chemical weapons.
On February ...
The progress in military de-escalation in Syria has failed to facilitate political progress
The Syrian National Congress was held in Sochi on January 30 and reportedly gathered close to 1,500 Syrians to kick-start the national dialogue by giving platform to the broader Syrian community. The ...
