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RIAC President Igor Ivanov in the Federation Council

On October 17, a group of RIAC members and experts visited the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly to discuss the situation in Syria in the context of changes in the Greater Middle East. Opened by Dr. Igor Ivanov and Igor Morozov , member of the Council’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, the meeting was addressed by Vitaly Naumkin , RAS Corresponding Member and Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, and Pyotr ...

18.10.2013

Will the Arab world be secular?

On April 16, 2013 RIAC program coordinators Aleksandr Eliseev and Vladimir Morozov took part in the conference "Arab Middle East: international problems and development. Future for the secular forces in the states of the "Arab awakening" which was organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Center of transformation ...

18.04.2013

Sergey Kortunov Debates at RIAC

... from the RAS Institute for Oriental Studies and Anton Grishayev from the office of the Federation Council took the second subject. The discussion focused on Russia’s stance on Syria, as well as the pros and cons for Russia’s future in the Middle East, and Pritchin was voted the winner. The compatriots issue was tackled by Andrey Trivailo from the Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy and the winner Andrey Sushentsov from MGIMO University, who covered support mechanisms for compatriots, current ...

21.12.2012

RIAC Focuses on Russia's Interests in the Middle East

On December 5, RIAC held expert meeting Russia's Interests in the Great Middle East: Opportunities in the Current Environment within project Middle East: Political Dynamics and Russia’s Interests The event was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and moderated by Vitaly Naumkin, RAS Corresponding Member and ...

05.12.2012

RIAC Experts Discussed the Chances for “Soft Power” in “Arab Spring” Countries

... Council on 13 November 2012 held a conference entitled “Russia and the ‘Arab Spring’ countries: chances for ‘soft power’ and traditional instruments of cooperation”. The event was organized within the project “The Middle East: Political Dynamics and Russia’ Interests”. The conference was attended by members of Russia’s Council of the Federation, the U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Higher School of Economics,...

15.11.2012

Russia’s Interests in the Middle East. RIAC Focus

An expert meeting to discuss “Russia’s interests in the Greater Middle East and the obstructing factors: changes in the situation following the Arab Spring”, was held at the RIAC on 29 October 2012. The event was organized within the project “Middle East: Political Developments and Russia’s Interests”....

31.10.2012

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     24 (22%)
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