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... Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the issues of normalization between Israel and the Arab states, and the impact of this process on the future of the region. Special attention was paid to the issues of trilateral cooperation between Russia, Iran, and Turkey on the Syrian settlement. Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Manager, moderated the discussion.
... Why Russia-EU Relations Remain Stable Against All Odds It is interesting to look at the distribution of the targets of the EU sanctions. They include Russia (22 events), Belarus (12 events), Syria (11 events), Venezuela (5 events), Iran (6 events), Turkey (5 events) and Libya (4 events). 6 events are related to the topic of human rights, and 5 events are related to countering terrorism. Of course, not all of these events are negative. Of the 110 episodes initiated directly by the EU, 61 events (55....
... Russian-European agenda, including an analysis of the policies of Russia and the EU facing new political cycles and the challenges from China and the United States; interaction between Russia and the EU in the Mediterranean region, positions of Libya and Turkey. The workshop will bring together Russian and international experts from academic institutions, European research centers, universities and non-governmental organizations. The meeting was attended by Alessandra Iaccino (Aspen Institute Italia) ...
... or Ukraine) humanitarian aid or COVAX, the global initiative intended to distribute vaccines to less fortunate countries around the globe. Nevertheless, it puts in an inconvenient position vis-à-vis Europe countries like UK, U.S., Canada, Russia, or Turkey, as they are not exempted from the EU’s list due to their level of development. Moreover, as the EU’s trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis informed at the press conference on 29 January 2020, “companies applying for export authorisation will also ...
... stealth and highly autonomous nature. There will likely be no game-changing developments in the combat aircraft sector in the next decade, since the design of such aircraft is too expensive and lengthy a process to release new models on a regular basis. Turkey and South Korea are expected to put into service and work out the kinks of their first mature multi-role fighters, and Japan, which has some experience in this area, might join them. Vadim Kozyulin: The U.S. on the Way to Strategic Invulnerability ...
... market at $1.2bn (just after China at $2.5bn and Iraq at $2bn); in the 2019 fiscal year the number was $2.5bn, Iran’s second-largest. According to Iran’s Trade Promotion Organisation, 60 percent of Iran’s imports originated from China, the UAE, and Turkey combined; in 2019 those imports were worth $8.7bn. Iran will not launch a military attack on the UAE, Lim believes, “but it may resort to subversion or sabotage. The UAE’s oil infrastructure or oil vessels come to mind…” [ 15 ]. Basel Haj ...
... Syrian situation. Rather, Israel alone targets some Iranian sites inside Syria from time to time. A great political and media focus was given to the news of McGurk's return, and this may be related to the connection of his name and sets of crises with Turkey “Washington's strategic ally” and recalled the statements of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in 2015 about the new Biden advisor. He said, "McGurk definitely supports the PKK, YPG and their extension through in Syrian, It ...
... Arab Republic positively and only 23% negatively. Over the past ten years, there have been two reorientations of Egyptian foreign policy. When the Muslim Brotherhood came to power after the Arab Spring, the new Egyptian leadership received support from Turkey and Qatar. However, in 2013, the relationship between them was ruined. Following the overthrow of Mohammad Morsi, Turkey offered refuge and protection to the Muslim Brotherhood leadership and launched a media campaign against the new government ...
... However, the stances of the two parties diverge significantly on many important issues, including Syria, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, Nagorno-Karabakh, Crimea and others. Success for Moscow in this area would entail preventing its relations with Turkey from worsening while simultaneously avoiding excessive concessions to the Turkish leadership. Clearly, this list does not feature tasks related to possible “black swans” sailing into Russia’s foreign political horizons—unforeseen changes ...
... 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 foreign policy activization, implications of the new US administration policy regarding the Eastern Mediterranean for the regional dynamics. Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council, and Sergey Karaganov, Dean,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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