... International Studies
On October 20, 2015 RIAC held a meeting with foreign experts on “Russian and Western Views on Conflict Resolution and Security Challenges”. Not surprisingly, two most discussed and difficult topics were Ukraine and Syria. These conflicts are unresolved and there is high probability they will remain so for quite some time. RIAC has asked one of the participants to discussion, Prof.
Daniel Hamilton
, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, John Hopkins ...
... key actors influencing the regional conflict dynamics. The attending diplomats, military officials, journalists and government representatives from the Middle East countries, the United States, the European Union, China, India and Pakistan discussed Syria settlement, Iraq’s future, Yemen and other potential hotbeds.
Dr. Kortunov delivered a report on Russia’s aims in the Syrian crisis and prospects for building a new system of regional security in the Middle East.
... well as "unforeseen incidents" if Russian and NATO military forces were to come into contact. That scenario may only deepen the ongoing crisis. And the document seems ever more significant against the backdrop of Russia’s campaign in Syria, where an international coalition with NATO participation also operates.
Of course, an incident involving Russian and NATO combat aircraft is not particularly probable, although the odds are certainly above zero. And if such a collision may cause ...
... to the one it experienced in the 19th century. And there will be a special session on the Middle East.
It appears that the theme for this meeting, war and peace, was chosen a long time ago. Have the recent events such as Russia’s involvement in Syrian conflict influenced the conference agenda?
No, they haven’t. On the contrary, they showed that we were right to choose the theme of war and peace. Actually, war and peace has long become the governing theme in the modern world, what with ...
Operation Inherent Resolve Russian-Style
Russia’s admittedly highly unusual military operation in Syria is rightly in the global media’s crosshairs, with most analysts trying either to uncover Moscow's hidden objectives or forecast the mission’s outcomes.
Deploying an air force contingent beyond national borders (especially in a distant ...
Syria and especially Ukraine appear to be inflection points in the trajectory of Russian foreign policy
Ivan Timofeev, who participated in the annual meeting of Valdai International Discussion Club is giving a talk on the outline of future Russian foreign ...
... für Auswärtige Politik, the Brookings Institution, Johns Hopkins University, Centre for European Policy Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, IMEMO, Lomonosov Moscow State University and other institutions, who focused on the Ukraine and Syria crises.
The Ukraine discussion
covered:
— Attitudes of Russia, the EU and the U.S.A. on Ukraine's future, including prospects of settlement, reinstatement of territorial integrity and healing the civil war consequences.
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Steps ...
The nightly news on Russia's state-run television is full of the whine of jet engines as warplanes launch sorties from a dusty airfield in Syria. Russia has just over 30 fixed-wing combat planes in Syria. The Ministry of Defense says these planes are flying dozens of missions every day.
Russia's bombing campaign in Syria has entered its third week, and military officials are claiming daily ...
Arms versus Assad
The recent series of top-level talks between the Russian and Saudi leaderships, as well as the huge promises of Saudi investments in Russia have been interpreted by
some
as a path leading to a narrower convergence on Syria. However, this argument may well contain some wishful thinking, and leave out the key factors of the bilateral relationship.
The fact that top-level Saudi officials visited Vladimir Putin in Sochi on October, 11, 2015 revealed the Kingdom’s ...
The intensification of the conflict in the Middle East, the operation by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic and the diametrically opposed positions of state leaders in relation to the current president Bashar al-Asad continue to be the main events on the agenda. Damascus has become the epicentre of a global political process and a trial ...
