Interview
Interview with
Vitaly Naumkin
, RAS Corresponding Member and Director of RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, on the latest events in the Middle East, missile deployment in Turkey and the settlement of the Syrian crisis.
On November 29, the UN General Assembly granted observer status to Palestine. What does it mean for the grantee, the UN decision-taking process, the international community and the Arab-Israeli conflict in particular?
Let me begin with the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian...
... future?
– In order to answer these questions one needs to understand the specifics of the disputes in the APR.
Firstly, the Asia-Pacific region is not an abnormality, for conflicts are to be found everywhere and in great numbers.
Secondly, in spite of ... ... aggravation of the APR situation in the last few years caused, however, by the actions of extra-regional players, primarily the USA. 2009 became a watershed, for it was the year when President Barak Obama reached out to China (albeit, on the US conditions),...
... The first symptoms of this conflict can be seen in the active intervention of the United States in China's territorial disputes with the ASEAN states in the South China Sea.
Beijing is skeptical about the potential of the American leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, it seeks to reconcile the United States with the inevitable increase in Chinese power, including military and political, and hints at the need to share responsibility for the region.
Objectively, the security system in East Asia based ...
