... Evolving Global Role».
The speakers included Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC Member, Academic Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies; Fahad Al-Attiyah, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation; and Paul Saunders, Executive Director of the U.S. Center for the National Interest.
Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International ...
... Australian suppliers also have a minor presence in the region. Until recently, the regional gas market was considered to be fairly stable and predictable; in some segments, such as LNG supplies to India, the marketplace was effectively monopolized by Qatar.
Qatar
RIAC and Gateway House Report “Russia – India Energy Cooperation: Trade, Joint Projects, and New Areas”
Qatar is the unconditional leader in gas supplies to South Asia. In 2004, it concluded an extremely lucrative contract to supply ...
... the Gulf; the ambitions of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey for leadership positions in the region; the need for the development of regional mechanisms for conflict resolution.
On March 27, 2018, RIAC hosted a meeting for RIAC representatives with Qatar delegation accompanying Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, who came to Russia with the working visit. RIAC management, researchers from RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, and Lomonosov Moscow State University representative ...
... region which remains a critically important part of the global economy, finance and transportation. The foreign military involvement in the civil war in Yemen and the approaching humanitarian disaster in this country, the recent unprecedented pressure on Qatar by a number of neighboring Arab states are just the most graphic illustrations of this dangerous development. The Gulf Cooperation Council is in the state of paralysis and its future remains unclear. Many Gulf countries are getting increasingly ...
On August 1, 2017, RIAC hosted a meeting between Russian experts and the representatives of Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM) and Qatar Centre for Strategic Research.
On August 1, 2017, RIAC hosted a meeting between Russian experts and the representatives of Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM) and Qatar Centre for Strategic Research.
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Director ...
On July 28 Al Jazeera, international TV company, held a Russia-the U.S. live phone-in show on the role of the two countries in the Qatar crisis resolution
On July 28 Al Jazeera, international TV company, held a Russia-the U.S. live phone-in show on the role of the two countries in the Qatar crisis resolution.
Paul Salem, vice president for policy analysis, research and programs ...
On July 18, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and a RIAC expert group on the Middle East issues, including Alexey Malashenko and Alexander Shumilin, met up with the staff members of Qatar Embassy to Moscow headed by Ambassador Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah.
On July 18, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and a RIAC expert group on the Middle East issues, including Alexey Malashenko and Alexander Shumilin, met up with the staff ...
... regional powers of the spread of terrorist activities throughout the ‘wider Middle East’, with periodic attacks in countries throughout much of the world? How should the Coalition against the Islamic State deal with such a scenario?
The Question of Qatar
As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran intensifies throughout the ‘wider Middle East,’ U.S. and Russian mediation appears absolutely crucial to calm tensions between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran. After Saudi Arabia, the United Arab ...
The current diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab states is the first actual failure of Washington’s policy in the region, according to Alexander Aksenenok, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council think-tank.
The current diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other ...
Being forced to march lockstep with the Saudis’ policies, Doha never lost its aspiration to re-emerge as a leader of the Islamic world. The Qatari government continued to search for any niches where they could pursue policies and interests independent of Riyadh.
On 5 June 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and five other states cut diplomatic ties with Qatar,...
