... than ever.
Conclusions
The expected re-election of US President Donald Trump will continue to have profound implications on the Middle East, and the inability to predict Western actions in the region and the profound absence of a coherent policy will affect ... ... aggravate in the country, mainly in Tripoli, unless an agreement is reached among militant groups in addition to Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, the USA and Russia. The impeachment process of US President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would determine the future of ...
... Georgetown University in Qatar, headed by Professor Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On April 30, 2019, a group of representatives from Georgetown University in Qatar, headed by Professor Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
RIAC guests got to know about the ongoing and finalized projects of the Council related to the Gulf region and the Middle East as a whole. Various aspects of Russia's policy in the Middle East were also discussed, including the Syrian settlement, the crisis in Yemen, the consequences of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan on Iran's nuclear program....
On December 16, 2018, at the 18th Doha Forum, Valdai Discussion Club held a session focusing on «Russia's Evolving Global Role».
On December 16, 2018, at the 18th Doha Forum, Valdai Discussion Club held a session focusing ... ... Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies; Fahad Al-Attiyah, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation; and Paul Saunders, Executive Director of the U.S. Center for the National Interest.
Timofey Bordachev,...
... importance for Russia to develop multilateral contacts in the Persian Gulf region and pointed out the need to strengthen Russian-Qatar relations in the framework of an expert dialogue. Alexander Aksenyonok, RIAC Vice-President, also made a welcoming speech on behalf of the Council.
During the expert discussion the following issues were touched upon: the perception of Russia and its actions in the Middle East by the Arab countries; relations between the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf; the ...
On July 18, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and a RIAC expert group on the Middle East issues, including Alexey Malashenko and Alexander Shumilin, met up with the staff members of Qatar Embassy to Moscow headed by Ambassador Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah.
On July 18, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General,... ... number of Arab states, the possible ways to resolve it, prospective areas for regional security system formation, and the role of Russia in this process. Some other aspects of Russian-Qatar bilateral relations were also touched upon.
... regional powers of the spread of terrorist activities throughout the ‘wider Middle East’, with periodic attacks in countries throughout much of the world? How should the Coalition against the Islamic State deal with such a scenario?
The Question of Qatar
As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran intensifies throughout the ‘wider Middle East,’ U.S. and Russian mediation appears absolutely crucial to calm tensions between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran. After Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain
accused
Qatar (and Qatari individuals) of supporting the Moslem Brotherhood and Hamas,...
On February 26, The Brookings Doha Center held a roundtable "
The Bear Awakens: Russia's Role in an Era of Uncertainty
" dedicated to Russia's foreign policy globally and in the Middle East.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Majed al-Turki, Head of the Center for Media and Arab-Russian Studies, and ... ... organizations' representatives.
Before the Rountable Andrey Kortunov held a closed briefing on Russia's policy in the Syrian crisis for Qatar's diplomatic circles.
... Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held consultations with the authorities of
Harmoon Centre for Contemporary Studies
in Doha (Qatar).
Harmoon is an independent think-tank conducting research on Arab region. The parties discussed possible tracks of cooperation ... ... international expert conference on prospects of Syrian crisis settlement and the approaches to creating regional security system in the Middle East.
... may be now ripe for Moscow and Doha to start talking.
With global political and economic environment rapidly changing, Russia–Qatar relations started to follow suit. The first indication of a “rapprochement” came in early 2016 when Qatar’s new emir visited Moscow. During the visit, the emir
acknowledged
Russia’s role in Middle Eastern politics and pushed for advanced economic cooperation. In return, Putin underscored Qatar’s importance as a key player in the region and opined that “the two countries have plenty of opportunities for cooperation in the natural ...
... This comes at a time when the long-term regional role of key players such as the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, remains up in the air. This report aims to remedy this... ... of the “Islamic State” (IS), the main military-political crisis in the Middle East today. It has also become one of the most acute global conflicts, involving... ... have invested the highest political and economic capital have been Saudi Arabia and Qatar
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; providing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and helping fund the...
