Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, represented Russia in the discussion.
On April 7, 2020, the possible role of the G20 in providing humanitarian assistance and stabilizing the epidemiological situation in conflict areas in the Middle East and North Africa (Yemen, Syria, Libya) was discussed in the course of an online expert meeting held with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy.
The participants of the event included Malcolm Rifkind, former British Foreign ...
On April 1, 2020, a regular Track II high-level meeting on security issues in the Middle East region was held online. The meeting was organized by the international political consulting agency The Shaikh Group.
On April 1, 2020, a regular Track II high-level meeting on security issues in the Middle East region was held online. The ...
... Strategic Vision Institute Report #50 / 2020
This report is the result of a collaborative study performed by the Russian
International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Strategic Vision Institute (SVI).
The dynamics that both Russia and Pakistan face from the Middle East and the
Persian Gulf are of particular importance in identifying areas where the strategic
and diplomatic interests of both countries converge. This report includes two
papers authored by RIAC experts, Julia Roknifard and Grigory Lukyanov,...
....-Saudi Arabia-Iran Tensions: It Seemed We Were Moving Towards a Conflict More Dramatic Than Anything We Have Already Seen
Key ideas from Daniel Levy’s speech during the “Persian Gulf: War and Peace” session of the
9th Valdai Discussion Club’s Middle East Conference
(Moscow, February 17–18, 2020).
Wars have terrible consequences, conflicts are devastating, the human cost primarily, then economic and opportunity costs, entire generations are denied their future. And it’s the people on the ...
On February 25–27, 2020, New Delhi, India, hosted a conference on Middle East security organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
On February 25–27, 2020, New Delhi, India, hosted a conference on Middle East security organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. The conference was ...
On March 3, 2020, at 15:00, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a presentation of the book Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations by Jenna Jordan
On March 3, 2020, at 15:00, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a presentation of the book
Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations
by Jenna Jordan, Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.
As a specialist on international...
..., and agriculture was signed, and the need to attract investment in Egypt was
discussed
. Talks between the leaders of the two states
concerned
political issues, among other things: the civil war in Syria, the stabilization of the situation in the Middle East, the potential use of the Suez Canal for the passage of Chinese warships to the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
The Mediterranean area is an essential track in Beijing's foreign policy. In 2015, the Premier of the PRC State Council, Li Keqiang,...
... what positions will the influential actors take. Meanwhile, the international community perceives the US–Iran confrontation within the context of two key topics—the state of the “nuclear deal” and the regional policies of these states in the Middle East. What is Moscow’s policy towards the US–Iranian confrontation?
US withdrawal from the “Nuclear Deal” as a starting point
Andry Kortunov, Michel Duclos:
A Crisis Management Mechanism in the Middle East Is Needed More Than Ever
Washington’s ...
On February 17, 2020, the conference “Countries of the East in the XXI Century: Unevenness of Economic Growth and Inequality of Socio-Economic Development” was held at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the memory of oriental economist V.G. Rastyannikov
On February 17, 2020, the conference “Countries of the East in the XXI Century: Unevenness of Economic Growth and Inequality of Socio-Economic Development” was held at the Institute of Oriental Studies...
... stunned the international community at first, were provided with so many explanations later that they came to be seen as perfectly logical and even as the only possible outcome of undercover processes or events that had not been taken into account.
The Middle East broke all records for surprise events in 2019. The unexpected changes of government in Algeria and Sudan, mass protests in Lebanon and Iraq, the sensational election outcome in Tunisia, the never-ending election process in Israel, a new escalation ...
