... thermonuclear conflict. No nuclear bombs dropped from airplanes. No guided missiles launched from hardened sites or submarines. Edward Teller, Admiral Hyman Rickover, General Curtis LeMay and nuclear war theorist Herman Kahn are icons of the past. Today, even Iran is taking part in Pugwash discussions. Photo: University of California The cooperation between the United States and Russia which provides the institutional superstructure to facilitate Kerry-Lavrov and the Iran nuclear talks has its roots in the ...
Only cooperation between Moscow and Washington can solve the Middle East's most vexing problems.
On November 21, 2013,
Foreign Policy published
article "On Syria and Iran, U.S. and Russia Can Work Together" by RIAC President and former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, it is striking that areas of disagreement ...
On November 19, 2013 a meeting between the RIAC members and experts and the Federation Council senators aimed at discussing the topic of the "New agenda for the Russian-Iranian relations" was held in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
The meeting was opened by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov and Deputy Chairman of ...
Undeterred by the political-psychological situation surrounding regional nuclear politics FIFA president Sepp Blatter flew into Tehran recently to meet president Hassan Rouhani and approve the Islamic Republic of Iran as the host of FIFA’s 2019 Asia Games. This move was a well thought out public relations coup by the 77 year old Blatter that provides him with media momentum as he seeks an unprecedented fifth term as head of FIFA, the international governing ...
... Relations of the RF MFA (MGIMO) and senior researcher at the Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies, talks about whether the resolution approved was in line with the Russian interests and prospects for settlement in Syria, and what changes we can expect in Iran under its new leader.
What do you think about the UN Security Council Resolution on Syria? Can it be counted as a Russian diplomatic triumph?
The resolution on Syria has indeed showcased Russian diplomats’ professionalism. It is also a victory ...
... meeting of analysts from European Council of Foreign Relations and Russian Middle East experts.
According to
Daniel Levy
, ECFR Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program, settlement of the Syria situation should impact both relations with Iran and its talks with the "group of six" on the nuclear program. Mr. Levy believes that the Syria and Iran issues should be linked. When intentions for military solution in Syria prevail, Iran's domestic situation goes one way, but if diplomacy ...
... the spot. Trying to hold onto power through terror, the Assad regime gravely undermined its legitimacy and, worse, triggered a civil war.
As the violence in Syria escalated, a regional conflict morphed into an issue of international concern. Russia, Iran, Lebanon’s militia group Hizbullah, and China backed the Assad regime. The so-called “Friends of Syria,” including Gulf states, Jordan, Turkey, the European Union, and the United States, took the side of the Syrian opposition. Due ...
In light of the recent developments in Syria and the apparently imminent US military intervention, the blog will take a short break from its relatively academic style and its thematic focus in order to brainstorm and share some thoughts on the broader picture of what is happening in the geopolitical arena of the region. Dangerous Double Standards Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used chemical weapons to attack, essentially, his own people. The first, logically obvious question is why would Assad essentially...
Interview with Viktor Averkov, RIAC expert
Interview
Iran today is a country burdened by numerous international sanctions that hamper both its economic development and its ability to cooperate with other states, including Russia. The inauguration of its new president may help change the situation and bring ...
... decision-making with regard to smart sanctions. Currently, there are 13 such committees. The activities of 11 of them are country-oriented, namely Somalia, Iraq, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, Lebanon, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Guinea-Bissau. The work of two committees focuses on sanctions against terrorist organizations of
Al Qaeda and the Taliban movement
.
UN Security Council Sanctions Committees, composed of representatives of all Security Council members,...
