Search: Middle East,Palestine (15 materials)

 

The Developments in the Middle East: a Reflection of the World’s Bigger Picture

... on Israel and its allies following the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. Efforts to further promote the Abraham Accords between Israel and the conservative Arab monarchies continued, albeit fading from the public eye. The only consistent supporters of Palestine were the stubborn Yemeni Houthis, who have attacked foreign ships in the Red Sea. However, it was Egypt—not Israel—that suffered the most from these attacks, losing nearly half of its revenues from the Suez Canal. Regional Trends in the Middle East: Political and Economic Dynamics. RIAC Report Reasons for restraint Although the trigger of a major regional war was pulled almost a year ago, the bomb itself never exploded. This situation calls for an explanation, particularly to assess ...

06.09.2024

The Significance of China Mediating the Internal Reconciliation of Palestine

... positions in the ICJ and UN, suggesting that the US can no longer control the discourse surrounding Palestine. China’s efforts in mediating the internal reconciliation is a part of global efforts to reasonably reshape what is included in the agenda on Palestine. Fourthly, the move signifies the changing geopolitical landscape in the Middle East. The US has played a dominant role in the Middle East since the end of the Cold War. While the US has monopolized the general narrative regarding Palestine, it also controls issues on the security agenda for the Gulf region, depicting Iran ...

02.08.2024

“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East

... to counter a resurgent China in East Asia, nobody in Washington could have expected that the U.S. would be returning to the Middle East soon, albeit this time to vie for influence with China. Yet this is precisely what happened last March when China ... ... continues to ignore the elephant in the room and the plight of the Palestinians. Hostilities will resume periodically between Palestine and Israel, which means that permanent peace in the region remains impossible. While the U.S. was initially supportive ...

30.07.2024

Israel Will Have to Negotiate with Hamas

... said, there have been many protests in Paris, London, New York, in Canadian and Australian cities. Demonstrations in support of Palestine have been held in many Western countries that officially support Israel. And not only refugees or ethnic Palestinians ... ... pro-Israeli. The U.S. has always supported Israel. And every American president has seen it one of his main goals to engage in the Middle East settlement. Just think of numerous program announcements, negotiations, peace summits, including those that succeeded!...

18.07.2024

When “Iron Swords” Return to Their Sheaths

... Israel would somehow contribute to the consolidation of the Palestinian society, they should be disappointed. Divisions within Palestine persist along many lines: Hamas and Fatah, radicals and technocrats, Gaza and the West Bank, the outgoing and a newer ... ... next year, and, as one can easily guess, the bitter struggle for his political legacy has already begun. Regional Trends in the Middle East: Political and Economic Dynamics. RIAC Report The situation in Israel looks more certain and predictable, but this ...

10.04.2024

Gaza. Yemen. Epicentres of Pain. Feelings, Myths, and Memories in the Middle East

Many developments that significantly impacted the destinies of the regional players, non-regional actors, and many people around the world have unfolded during the year that followed the publication of our paper titled “The Middle East and the Future of a Polycentric World” (February 2023). Many of these developments appeared to continue the positive trends that we saw a year or two earlier. Saudi Arabia – Iran relations were officially normalised. Syria’s membership ...

08.02.2024

RIAC at the XVIII Conference of Arabists “I.M. Smilyanskaya Readings”

On December 14, 2023, within the framework of the XVIII Conference of Arabists “Readings by I. M. Smilyanskaya” at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS), the 2nd meeting of the section “The Long 20th Century in the History of Arab Countries” was held On December 14, 2023, within the framework of the XVIII Conference of Arabists “Readings by I. M. Smilyanskaya” at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS), the 2nd meeting...

15.12.2023

Jordan between the Hammer of Economic Hardships and the Anvil of the “Deal of the Century”

... national soil, with East Jerusalem as their capital. Jordan’s concerns were elucidated in the Dead Sea meeting of the four Gulf countries, Egypt, and Jordan at the end of January 2019, two weeks before the Warsaw Conference on Security and Peace in the Middle East. They are wary of normalization between Arab states and Israel when it comes at the expense of Jordanian and Palestinian conflicts. The changing shift of focus from Palestine to Iran burns Jordanian political cards. In the meantime, the King is trying to open channels with Arab countries, Tunisia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. He bids to strengthen Jordan’s relations with these four states, willing to build a regional ...

04.06.2019

Russia and Israel: The Middle Eastern Vector of Relations

Working paper 42/2018 The Working paper was prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council as part of the project "Security System in the Middle East". This paper covers the issue of complex relations between Russia and Israel in the Middle East. The author analyzes in detail Russia’s role in the Israel-Syria-Iran triangle. The degree of Iranian presence in Syria, the impact of the ...

24.10.2018
 

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