... in 2020, the balance of power—maintained for 26 years—underwent radical transformations. And this did not only concern a separate ethno-political conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. There was a quality change in the role of external forces. Turkey’s unprecedented involvement in the Azerbaijani military campaign to restore the latter’s territorial integrity was the first case of disturbing the status quo in the region, all that with a non-Soviet state and a NATO member involved. In September ...
... control by radical groups linked to global jihadist networks. Is it possible to cut the ties between moderate Tuareg paramilitary groups and radicals? What leverage do France and the U.S. have over the Sahel countries? What options do Russia, China, Turkey and Arab states have for expanding their influence? Is it likely to have paramilitary groups effectively integrated into the armed forces?
The roundtable discussion brought together Africa experts from the RAS Institute for African Studies, the ...
... The expansion of blocking financial sanctions in February 2024 suggests that such sanctions are being increasingly used against companies from third countries that cooperate with Russian partners. In particular, we are talking about
companies from Turkey, China, the UAE and the Marshall Islands.
(Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury. Financial Sanctions Notice.)
Other UK sanctions policies are also mentioned in the Strategy. In total, the country is currently conducting 36 programmes ...
... well aware that Azerbaijan has no such intentions. Armenia’s security is already ensured, regardless of how strange these words may sound today. Armenia is not threatened by any of its neighbors: its relations with Georgia and Iran have not changed, Turkey is simply indifferent, and Azerbaijan has solved all fundamental problems and no longer needs to resort to force. Baku agrees to coexist with Yerevan in the new status quo, without a peace treaty and with the Armenian route in the Zangezur corridor....
... Commercial Control List. However, 63 companies are Russian. It is already prohibited to supply these goods to Russia, that is, their inclusion in the Entity List changes little. The rest are companies are from third countries: eight from China, sixteen from Turkey, four from the UAE, two from Kyrgyzstan, and one each from India and the Republic of Korea. In other words, we are talking about secondary trade sanctions. But the restrictions only apply to these companies, and not to the country as a whole. In ...
... circumstances, political and economic trends in the Middle East require a degree of theoretical conceptualization. The authors of this report analyze the current political and economic trends in the region’s Arab countries and non-Arab states, including Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Additionally, the authors examine key foreign policy trends in Middle Eastern states.
Regional Trends in the Middle East: Political and Economic Dynamics
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... Coordinator Ivan Bocharov presented RIAC projects on the MENA region. The meeting was held as a part of the research seminar of the WEIA of the HSE University “Understanding the contemporary Middle East and South Asia (Arab countries, Israel, Iran, Turkey)”.
The meeting was also attended by the head of the seminar, Senior Lecturer at the WEIA of the HSE University Grigory Lukyanov.
... for Arab and Islamic Studies of the IOS RAS; Grigory Lukyanov, Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the IOS RAS.
The fourth session was dedicated to the regional policies of countries claiming regional leadership, including Iran, Turkey, Israel, as well as some Arab states. In addition, experts also discussed trends in regional relations. Speakers in this session were: Igor Matveev, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia of ...
... Caucasus
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Recent dynamics in the South Caucasus have changed the balance of power in the region. While Russia has traditionally played a leading role, both regional players (Iran and Turkey) and non-regional players (France, the EU and the US) have become more active. Competition for “on the ground” presence and for new negotiation formats now determines the region’s balance of power. The emergence of India as a new actor is ...
... Russia’s Foreign Policy
Undoubtedly, Iran has its own international ambitions and claims to influence in the Middle East, related to history, religion and culture, not to mention purely economic interests or Iranian diasporas in the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq and Turkey. Some of these claims cannot go unrecognized, while others can be questioned or challenged. However, none of the neighboring states have been able to simply dismiss them in the past and will not be able to do so in the future. It should also be ...
