... were severed, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have agreed to reopen their embassies. This decision opens up the possibility of reducing tensions in the Gulf and, in the long term, in the entire region of the Middle East. Notably, both sides have stated the need to respect sovereignty, not interfering in the internal affairs of other states. This may entail not only the reopening of diplomatic representative offices but also a willingness to restore mutual ...
... being largely a litmus test of changes in the world, entered the transformation stage some 10 years ago, anticipating global changes in the overall international system. As a global leader in the number of conflicts and potential crises, nations of the Middle East know the price of the current changes and strive to use diplomacy, mediation, and pragmatism to mitigate crises, including in the conflict in Ukraine.
Mediators
Aleksandr Aksenenok:
U.S. Policy Case for Middle East under New Conditions
On September 21–22, Russia and Ukraine exchanged the largest number ...
... Turkish experts in the field of International Relations on the relationship between the two sides with a focus on key areas for cooperation. The report provides an analysis of bilateral economic ties between the two countries, strategic challenges in the Middle East, regional issues related to the Black Sea and the Caucasus and the development of a Eurasian transport corridor.
Deepening Russia-Turkey Relations
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... shorter-range missiles of 1987, as well as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991
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Andrey Kortunov:
The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities
Anyway, this approach was soon surpassed both by the strong defeat in Indochina,... ... approach has changed. What we have followed with apprehension in those days is the putting into practice of the contemporary diplomacy of violence
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exposed by the theorists of compellence. Those who had thought that a world challenge through proxy ...
... think about it because their homes no longer exist and it is dangerous to go there. For this reason I consider the role of this coalition to be extremely negative. Let me repeat, this is not a coalition but the US and some of its closest allies.
Our diplomacy is very effective, especially in the Middle East. There is not a single country in the region with which Russia has tensions or bad relations or no ties at all. During Soviet times we had no relations with the Saudis and had very complicated ties with the Gulf monarchies. We were on very ...
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Perhaps the highlight of the string of somewhat self-congratulatory “reports on the work done” was the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, who once again demonstrated the superior class of Iranian diplomacy. Mohammad Zarif raised the fundamental question of creating a collective security system in the Middle East which would provide a long-term multilateral unifying project for today’s opponents and rivals.
As one might have guessed, the big headline stealers were the Middle East and international terrorism.
Unfortunately, the conference did ...
... most vital interests.
Theoretically, diplomacy can proceed with three options: preventing a conflict, imposing a political solution on warring factions, and settling the conflict peacefully through negotiations.
The first option is that of preventive diplomacy, and it is no longer an option for Syria.
For decades, the so called international community has been calmly eyeing the despotic regimes in the Middle East, aware of the grapes of wrath maturing, but has not stirred a finger to prevent conflict. This shows their real “concern” for democracy. They only started to come to their senses with the advent of the “Arab spring.”
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