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In the historical-philosophical perspective, one has every right to consider the transformation that has thrown the Middle East into chaos as the revival of premodernism and the primordial forms of societal organization. However, the epoch of postmodernism is not over and will not come to an end until the Western world exists as the most vivid manifestation of pluralism ...
... the Palmyra victory at the Syria talks. It is the continued fight against IS that will become a stumbling block to the negotiation process and a trading tool in Russia’s hands. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail Andrey Kortunov: Post-Syrian Russia and Middle East Apart from the overall geopolitical benefit, Moscow urgently seeks to legitimize Assad in the eyes of western political community. Therefore, Moscow will try and give impetus to its idea of an antiterrorist coalition. In fact, this coalition ...
On the historico-philosophical level, the transformation that has plunged the Middle East into chaos can be viewed as the end of the modern world’s postmodern paradigm. In the wake of postmodernism, the shape of the world is still vague, but the Middle Eastern reality makes it possible to describe some of its features. I ...
Interview with Andrey Kortunov Russian military presence in Syria makes Russia a pivotal actor in the Middle East. How Russia defines its role in the Middle East? Interview with Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General. Russia is not a Middle East country, but it has been connected to the region through numerous historic, cultural, economic and humanitarian ...
... Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Nevertheless, the bloodshed has reached sizable proportions with estimated 6000 dead since March 2015 and it cannot absolutely be underestimated for the gravity and magnitude of geopolitical effects it carries on the the Middle East and the rest of the world. The war broke out as a confrontation between the Shiite rebels Houthis allied with President Saleh against the Sunni coalition led by President Hadi. The situation, as it often is the case, was not so simple ...
On March 3, 2016 Moscow hosted a roundtable “ Collective Security System in the Middle East: Myth or Reality ” of the Russian International Affairs Council and the Turkish International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation ( MIRNaS ). The event was attended by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev ; MIRNaS ...
... that the future Parliament will be composed of forces supporting the Rouhani government and moderate opposition. In other words, the extremist groups won’t get any seats in the new Parliament. Mahmood Shoori Do you think the Iranian role in the Middle East security framework can be modified in the coming few years? How will it change? Especially given the Syrian deadlock. Throughout the last decade Western powers have made the security situation in the Middle East extremely complicated, which ...
... Committee on Foreign Relations Robert Corker. On the whole, however, China was not such a hot topic at the conference. From conversations with the few Chinese delegates present, it was clear that lack of attention did not worry them in the least. The Middle East as the “Season Trend” As one might have guessed, the big headline stealers were the Middle East and international terrorism, which, along with the migration crisis, were constant topics of conversation. King Abdullah II of Jordan,...
... foreign policy Egypt is back on the old track, having given up the ambitions of the brief period under Mursi for greater independence and its flirting with Qatar, Turkey and Iran. Economy in Crisis In October 2015 Masood Ahmed, the IMF Director for the Middle East and Central Asia, put the growth rate of the Egyptian economy at around 4.3%. Growth was registered for a second year in a row (it was 4.2% in 2014). Thus Egypt was back where it was on the eve of the 2011 revolution. It is notable that growth ...
It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that the future of international relations as a whole depends on how the situation in the Middle East develops. Right now, attention is focused on more obvious and heated examples of regional instability. Solutions are being sought to a range of complex issues, including the long-standing civil war in Syria, the settlement of internal conflicts ...
