On June 27, 2024, HSE University hosted a research workshop “Political Dynamics in the Middle East: Clashes of Interests and Escalation Risks”
On June 27, 2024, HSE University hosted a research workshop “Political Dynamics in the Middle East: Clashes of Interests and Escalation Risks”. In the framework of the meeting, participants discussed a wide range of regional problems. In particular, experts discussed key risks and threats to security in the Middle East, the policies of global powers, and...
The debate over the post-war arrangements in Gaza is unlikely to put an end to the controversy about a possible U.S. presence “on the ground.”
Israel’s Operation Arnon to free a group of hostages from the Gaza Strip has brought back into focus just how deeply the U.S. military is involved in the eight-month-long escalation of the conflict. The bloody infiltration into the Nuseirat refugee camp—where four Israelis who have now returned home were held—was partly organized due to direct intelligence...
The strategic environment of South Asia is already volatile and India’s ever-enhancing use of AI for military purposes erodes the strategic stability in the region and undermines deterrence policies between India and Pakistan.
“Technology, through automation and artificial intelligence, is definitely one of the most disruptive sources”
(Alain Dehaze).
Landmark technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) in the current era have been incessantly modifying the strategic landscape and...
Quite unclear document vs Specific and clear proposals
The so-called High-Level Peace Summit on Ukraine has concluded in Switzerland. The goal of Kiev and its Western partners was to attract as much of the non-Western world majority to the summit as possible. Such a step would show that a wide range of participants are involved in discussing peace plans without Russia’s participation. From the very beginning, it was obvious that the notorious “Zelensky plan,” which actually implied a return to...
The more casualties both sides suffer, the greater the intensity of hostilities and the closer approach to the threshold of nuclear use. In this scenario, there will be no victors.
Is it possible for NATO armed forces to be involved in a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine? Such a formulation of the issue until recently seemed marginal, given the high risks of escalation of the military confrontation between the North Atlantic Alliance and Russia into a large-scale armed conflict. However...
Will Asia teach Europe a lesson?
The recent trip of President Putin to Harbin stirred up some of my personal memories and set up a train of thought regarding the long and complicated history of Russian-Chinese relations. I got to the lilac bush city for the first time in early 1990s; my impressions at that point were that Harbin was committed to do away with the last remnants of its Russian legacy as a symbol of European colonialism. Indeed, the city, which was founded in 1898 as a station to serve...
... extraordinary political role of the armed forces in Algeria’s political system, predetermine a very specific view of the entire system of international relations.
Thus, Algerian experts emphasize three key components of the nation’s approach to international security:
solidarity, globality and indivisibility [
1
].
The former is understood, on the one hand, as solidarity of all actors in confronting global threats (terrorism, climate change, etc.), and, on the other hand, as solidarity with ...
Historians will most likely conclude the ambitious U.S.-led attempt to expand a militarized NATO on the border with Russia was an ill-conceived strategic failure resulting in lives lost and misplaced, and the catapult vital to compel a significant bi-polar alliance between BRICS to counter the once dominant NATO Alliance
NATO seems to be in disarray. NATO rested on their laurels that they could continue unabated in expanding the West’s military alliance to the doorstep of Moscow. The alliance placed...
Beijing is rather reluctant to get deeply involved in intra-regional politics in the Middle East, as this could provoke new tensions with the U.S.
The current escalation in the Middle East has been described by many as a test of influence for China. For example, the media repeatedly suggested that the United States asked China to put pressure on Iran during the latest rounds of escalation, especially after the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Yet, if compared to Qatari, Egyptian...
The trip is likely to be quite special and important
In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really a big deal: the Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart, Chairman Xi Jinping had bilateral meetings at least forty times since 2013, when Xi was first elected as Chairman of PRC. The Russian President was in Beijing last time no longer ago than in October of 2023, when he participated to the high level...
