... of the meeting, Russian analysts discussed the major topics of the bilateral agenda, security and economic issues, the status of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA), the policy of the United States and other global and regional actors in the Middle East.
Iranian Foreign Minister noted the need for joint actions to ensure security in the Gulf.
The event was attended by representatives of leading research centers: RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ...
... composition and thematic content. Intensive negotiations held in bilateral and trilateral formats, including meetings with Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, focused on a wide range of regional security issues, as well as other issues non-related to the Middle East. While the situation is only exacerbating, and there are practically no stable channels for bilateral negotiations on different vectors or they are being used occasionally, the participants of the negotiators touched upon the issues of civil ...
RIAC Infographics
“Military Power of the States of the Middle East and North Africa” infographics provides an opportunity to compare the size of the armed forces and the defense spending of the states of the region. The infographic provides data on major arms suppliers and key security partners for the ...
The main issue for Moscow in the Middle East in the years ahead will be the implementation of a shift from a military-political approach to an economic one or in other words from risk based approach to opportunity-oriented
Since the start of the Russian military operation in Syria ...
On August 1˗4, 2019, Kazan was hosting an International Expert Dialogue "Russia — the Middle East". The event was organized by Evgeniy Primakov Center for International Cooperation together with Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Alexander ...
... International Affairs Council (RIAC), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund
On August 1-4, 2019, Kazan is hosting an International Expert Dialogue "Russia — the Middle East". The event is organized by
Evgeniy Primakov Center for International Cooperation
together with Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), with the support of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
and A
lexander ...
Is Moscow capable of preserving the current status quo in Syria – and indeed in the region as a whole – in the long term, even if this status quo is in Russia’s interests?
Russian policy in the Middle East region can probably be considered one of areas of most significant achievement for President Putin in recent years. With relatively small material investments and minimal combat losses, Moscow managed to transform itself from an almost imperceptible ...
... be an important resource, and protect Israel as its key partner in the region. This meant a permanent weakening of the states that posed a threat to the aforementioned U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. In forming its Middle Eastern policy, the United States was historically led by a strong pro-Israeli lobby. After Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994), and the US-allied Gulf Cooperation Council came into being on May 25, 1981, the United ...
On June 30 – July 2, 2019, Rabat (Morocco) hosted the fourth Track II High-Level meeting on security issues in the Middle East region. The meeting was organized by the international political consulting agency The Shaikh Group.
On June 30 – July 2, 2019, Rabat (Morocco) hosted the fourth Track II High-Level meeting on security issues in the Middle East region....
Any US action in Iran would profoundly benefit China’s interests in Iran and strengthen its position across the region
China’s rise in the Middle East is not simply a case of debt-trap diplomacy or expanding Chinese influence, it requires an ideological shift to accommodate a new regional player and the process of institutional change that that brings. Any US action in Iran would profoundly ...
