... From the UAE’s perspective, Iran’s export of revolutionary Shi’ism to countries such as Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen has been accompanied by the establishment of a nuclear weapons program, and a territorial dispute over the Gulf islands Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb. Iran’s ability to endanger critical sea choke points such as the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al Mandab Strait has heightened tensions.
Artyom Gofman:
Peace in the Middle East: Are the Abraham Accords a Game-Changer ...
... Administration led by the Democratic Union Party, the Syrian Kurdish party which controls the area.
The report reveals evidence of horrific violations, including eyewitness and satellite images, and provides details of the deliberate displacement of thousands of civilians as well as the destruction of entire villages in areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration. Some civilians said that they were threatened with airstrikes from U.S.-led coalition forces if they refrain from leaving their ...
... Unlike Zarif’s close
collaboration
with Russia, for example, Moscow hasn’t hastened to get his signature on the revised version of the
Russia-Iran 2001 treaty
, which includes cooperation principles on a wide variety of fields.
Ivan Timofeev:
USA vs. JCPOA: How Can Russia and China Respond?
However, critics will seek more progressive contributions to their “resistance” discourse by Russia. As the U.S. and Europe move beyond the JCPOA and address the Islamic Republic’s missile program ...
Sustained confrontation between Washington and Moscow would handicap Russia’s own development
A new chapter in American history has begun.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The repercussions of his election and the fight—in the most literal sense of the word—for the Oval Office will reverberate for a long time to come.
The new U.S. administration has a difficult four years ahead. Then again, none of Biden’s predecessors had it easy, always...
A new year and new President presents an opportunity for the U.S. to rethink its foreign policy
With both a new year and new president, 2021 presents an opportunity for the United States to rethink its foreign policy.
The past four years have been some of the most consequential for U.S. foreign policy, with President Donald J. Trump taking a radically different approach. As some predecessors have done, Trump pushed an America-First agenda and foreign policy. This included
renegotiating
the North...
The event was organized by Washington Middle East Institute in partnership with Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the U.S. Department of Defense.
On January 14, 2021, a regular meeting of the U.S.–Russia Middle East Dialogue Group was held online. The event was organized by Washington Middle East Institute in partnership with Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Dialogue meetings are held regularly twice a year from July 2016....
On January 14, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, took part in the webinar on geopolitical implications of the U.S. presidential elections.
On January 14, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, took part in the webinar on geopolitical implications of the U.S. presidential elections.
The event was organized by Global Counter Terrorism Council, an Indian think tank. The participants of the webinar included diplomats, government officials, representatives of international organizations...
The ultimate challenge for Russia will be to forge ahead with innovations and improvements in economic policies without the need to wait for the coming of yet another crash in oil prices and a drop in economic activity
If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse – Henry Ford
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills – Chinese proverb
At the level of countries, the response to crises tends to exhibit greater innovation in...
Strategically, Washington risks losing the ability to influence the PRC through the American model of globalisation and stands to get a powerful adversary and competitor in the future. If earlier it was only one of the possible scenarios, now it has become the basic scenario
The COVID-19 pandemic was a key problem in 2020, as every review of the results of the outgoing year will indicate. Indeed, the pandemic radically affected many plans and careers, and not to mention our lifestyle. It created...
The current economic and political landscape appears to offer a wide range of possible adversities of varying degree of probability
As the world economy comes to its senses after a gruesome year of the Covid pandemic, global markets are eagerly exploring the prospects for the new year in search of drivers of a strong global recovery. Indeed, while it may be still too early to call an end to the adverse effects of the pandemic in 2021, there is a sense that the global community is starting to act...
