RIAC and IRAS Working Paper #59/2020
RIAC and the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies Working Paper #59/2020
This paper aims to analyze the pivotal points of the Middle Eastern crises and to which extent the interests of Moscow and Tehran overlap or contradict each other. Some of the key issues of the political situation in the region were assessed, such as the situation in Idlib, the prospects for a political process in Syria, Israel’s role in the region’s future, the path to Syria’s reconstruction...
On December 21, 2020, at 3:00 pm UTC+3
On December 21, 2020, at 3:00 pm UTC+3, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and School of Asian Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at National Research University Higher School of Economics are holding an online seminar «New Regional Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean?».
The event will focus on the competitive and inclusive approaches to security in the Eastern Mediterranean, opportunities and limitations for Turkey's...
Recommendations of the Participants of the Expert Dialogue on NATO-Russia Military Risk Reduction in Europe
Recommendations of the Participants of the Expert Dialogue on NATO-Russia Military Risk Reduction in Europe
In June 2020, the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISCRAN) and the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IERAS) served as co-organizers of the international project “NATO-Russia Expert Dialogue on Military Risk Reduction in Europe...
The discussion also focused on the prospects for the U.S. interaction with the European Union, Russia, China, and Iran
On December 2, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on the possible consequences of the presidential transition in Washington on crisis situations in various regions of the world, including the Korean Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Middle East, North Africa and others.
The discussion also focused on the prospects for the U.S. interaction with the European...
Yemenis themselves have no less rich potential for independent creative activity
The Yemen conflict is striking in that the entire global community and all the actors involved have achieved a singularly powerful consensus that there is no future for a solution achieved by force and a political solution is the only option. Since June 2015, this thought has permeated UN
documents
, speeches delivered by politicians and by heads of the UN Secretary General’s special missions to Yemen. The scale of...
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign policy and the future of Russia-France relations.
On November 20, 2020, IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales), Paris, with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, held a traditional annual expert workshop on the prospects for Russian foreign...
On November 19, 2020, as part of the sixth annual meeting, Astana Club (Kazakhstan) held an online high-level international debate on the topic "A World Without Order: How We Can Restore International Security System."
On November 19, 2020, as part of the sixth annual meeting, Astana Club (Kazakhstan) held an online high-level international debate on the topic "A World Without Order: How We Can Restore International Security ...
... convened in a virtual format. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘International Cooperation: Navigating the Way Ahead’. The conference participants discuss current trends in international cooperation and their implications for the future of international security and multilateralism.
The focus of experts, diplomats, military and civil society leaders is on the changing balance of power in the world, the development of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, the crisis of international ...
Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Manager, took part in the Conference and spoke at the session “Unplanned or Planned encounters: Building codes to prevent incidents at sea."
On November 16–17, 2020, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam held the
12th South China Sea International Conference
titled “Maintaining Peace and Cooperation through Time of Turbulence.”
Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Manager, took part in the Conference and spoke at the session “Unplanned or Planned encounters: Building codes...
The Eastern Mediterranean region has become a chessboard for international actors and has gained importance as a result of recently discovered natural gas resources
The Eastern Mediterranean has been an important intersection of trade paths for thousands of years. The sea, which bordered The Coasts of Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant, witnessed the rise of the first civilizations from the first look and witnessed the birth and fall of dozens of civilizations. From the built-in life, people...