How Tehran Differs from Other Regional Players
Last Sunday, February 11, Iran celebrated the 45
th
anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Celebratory rallies were held in over 1,400 towns and 35,000 villages across the country. In Tehran, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi spoke to the participants of the festive processions.
It is well known that Islam does not approve of card games. It is believed card games lead to gambling and create terrible addictions that distract people from spiritual...
... Turkey. It is no secret that the Arab diplomatic activity has been bolstered by the seeming normalization of relations between Damascus and Ankara.
However, a unanimous vote is not guaranteed. Bashar Assad’s government has its consistent critics in the Arab world—most notably, Qatar. Kuwait, where sympathy for the Syrian opposition is traditionally strong, also holds on to an ambiguous position. It is indicative that differences arose at the recent meeting in Jeddah, where the representatives of the ...
... with the UAE, despite years of hostility and the UAE’s support of the Syrian opposition, can be attributed to several key factors.
For official Damascus, a successful
détente
with the UAE is viewed as a means to overcome Syria’s isolation in the Arab world, which could eventually help restore its membership in the Arab League and be reintegrated into the Arab family. The UAE also serves as an intermediary for Damascus’s communication with other GCC states (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Qatar) and the ...
The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
On May 12, 2022, there was a presentation of the book dedicated to the modern economic legislation of the Arab countries on the example of Syria. The event was held at the State Historic Public Library of Russia (SHPL). The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and...
... neighbours, then by external forces. The latter had enough strength, resources, capabilities and influence to implement strategies and “romantic” (but terrifying in practice) ideologies.
Vasily Kuznetsov:
Pessimism of Reason and Optimism of Will. The Arab World the Day After Tomorrow
In the post-bipolar world, one external factor has been expressed too strongly—the United States, which has paid special attention to the Middle East region. American ideology for the Middle East was packaged in pretty ...
... states in the Middle East and the emergence of new states within this trend are not what the region needs today.
"What we’re witnessing now is the fact that the regional center of power has moved. Previously, there were three pillars of the Arab world – Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Now, their role has decreased and the balance changed towards other Arab nations, like Saudi Arabia, or beyond the Arab world, to non-Arab countries, like Iran, Turkey and Israel. They are much powerful today,...
... dynamic. Arab coins and jewelry can be found in coffers of Russian czars, some Russian words can be traced to their Arab origins. It is worth noting that Russians and Arabs never fought against each other. Unlike the cosmopolitan Ottoman Empire, the Arab world in itself never tried to extend its domination to Eastern Europe, and Russia never considered Arab states as potential colonies or objects for its imperial expansion.
At the same time, there has always been a lot of interest in Russia to the ...
