... trends in Russia-Iran relations and regional problems that require cooperative participation of Moscow and Tehran, i.e. extremism and radicalism in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Iraq, the Caspian, Afghan drug trafficking, nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, and insufficient institutionalization of regional relationships.
Having also covered opportunities for Russia-Iran cooperation for handling Caucasian conflicts and possible interaction of Russia, Iran, India and China in Central Asia, the participants finalized the debate by pledging to launch a research on future interplay between Moscow and Tehran by RIAC and ...
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 ...
... Syria is fraught with dire consequences.
On September 23, Russian International Affairs Council held a 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...
Even with stiff economic sanctions in force, a joint U.S. – Israeli military operation against Iran seems the most likely scenario for the evolving conflict over the Iranian nuclear program. A “hot phase” would pose numerous risks and challenges to Iran’s neighbors, including Russia. The confrontation would face the adjacent countries ...
