On September 5, 2024, the delegation of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
On September 5, 2024, the delegation of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
During the meeting, RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev told the ...
... urged Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to refrain from radical responses to Israel—not only to minimize possible civilian casualties but also to avoid provoking a direct conflict with the U.S.
Yang Xiaotong:
“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East
Postmodernity as inoculation against war
However, the core reasons lie not outside, but inside the region. It appears that key actors—from Egypt to Syria, and from Turkey to Iran—are unwilling to engage in a full-blown war. Middle Eastern ...
... Saudi Arabia. Chinese companies are also implementing or planning several major investment projects in the region. But all of this still does not mean that Beijing is willing or able to impose its will.
This is all the more the case when it comes to Russia’s policy. It is not a question of making a country in the Middle East a mere executor of its intentions. In this respect, it is quite different from the way the USSR behaved there. Its policy in the region was subordinated to one goal – global confrontation with the US and its allies. Russia’s actions now ...
... party involved benefits
, and there is no clear winner or loser, with Beijing and Washington competing to normalize diplomatic relations between countries in the Middle East as one such example.
The Inevitability of Sino–Russian Cooperation in the Middle East
Russia is China’s ideal partner in the Middle East for three reasons:
First, long gone is the heyday of the Soviet Union, and while the Russian military remains respected,
with the country’s economy feeling the weight of Western sanctions, Moscow ...
... then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy brokered on behalf of the EU. So, the assistance of an extra-regional actor was instrumental in reaching a ceasefire agreement and resolving the crisis between Israel and Hezbollah.
Another case study is the work of the Middle East Quartet, which included the U.S., Russia, the UN and the EU. There are different opinions about its effectiveness, but it functioned nonetheless. Members of the Middle East Quartet were in contact with both the Israelis and the Palestinians. The question was not so much about a comprehensive ...
... working in our favor. Let’s see what happens in the United States before the election, what happens during it, what happens afterwards. But at the same time, while our enemy is preoccupied with its internal problems, while its strategic vision for the Middle East, East Asia and Ukraine is in turmoil, we ourselves must make progress.
Real, serious successes on the battlefield, which I understand the Russian army is now carrying out.
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RT
... together Evgeny Kozhokin, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Foreign Regional Studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities and RIAC Member; Boris Dolgov, Leading Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic ... ... Eurasian Integration and SCO Development, the Institute of CIS Countries; Elena Dunaeva, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies, the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies; Victor Nadein-Raevskiy, Senior Researcher at the Group of Institutional ...
... legitimacy.
This attitude toward Western-dominated international institutions contrasts with the view of non-Western ones. This year, Russia’s presidency of the recently enlarged BRICS group is being marked by hyperactivity in preparations for hosting. Russia is also most supportive of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which its close ally Belarus is about to join. Together with countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, it's working closely to build new international regimes in a number of areas: finance and trade, standards and technology, information and health care. These are expressly being designed to be free from Western domination ...
... Moscow’s interaction with Islamic capitals. It is indicative that Kazan will also host the first BRICS summit in a renewed composition, where 4 out of 5 new members are Muslim nations.
The Chechen Republic is the region through which the networking between Russia and Middle Eastern states is being built. The personality of its head Ramzan Kadyrov, who accompanied Vladimir Putin in his trip to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, undoubtedly plays an important role here. The Chechen leader stayed in Saudi Arabia for at least ...
The Russia-Middle East policy has demonstrated considerable resilience, as has the regional system of international relations
Introduction
When Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation” in Ukraine a year ago, many experts and journalists concluded ...