... created a divided opinion, with concerns that it risks departing from its traditional, independent, and "Global South" voice.
A veteran Indian diplomat Pavan Varma and a former member of parliament believes that any lasting solution of the Middle East (West Asia) crisis is impossible without resolving the Palestinian issue by implementing the two-states formula.
Toward More Balanced Russia–India Economic Relations. RIAC and Gateway House Report
Key Aspects of India’s Position and the ...
If the four countries do not establish a formal framework and a shared command structure, the Quadrilateral Coalition runs a risk of being driven by events and unable to sustain pace in peacetime
On April 17, 2026, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan
met
alongside of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. While deputy ministers met for the first time on April 14 in Islamabad, the foreign ministers from these nations met for the third time in a single month (the first
meeting...
While war may significantly reshape the Middle East, it will not alter the capabilities of global powers
The de-escalation of the conflict between Israel and the United States, on the one hand, and Iran, on the other—as occurred in June 2025—is usually accompanied by triumphant declarations ...
... will the Gulf response be?” Such formulations, and many similar headlines, are often misleading and fail to reflect the actual political landscape. This perception has also spread to Russia, where it has become common among specialists and experts on Middle Eastern affairs.
Geographically, if the term “Gulf states” is taken to mean the countries bordering the Gulf, then Iran is likewise a major and indigenous Gulf state. If, however, the term is intended to refer exclusively to Arab countries,...
... shameless stalking horse. The restoration of UAE diplomatic relations has not produced a lasting detente. Instead, it has established a machinery to drain untold billions of dollars from Tehran via capital flight.
Ivan Bocharov:
Persian Lessons: How Middle East War Will Change Gulf Monarchies
The 7,000‑Year Threshold
None of the above, however, captures the deepest layer of Iran’s strategic logic. That layer is civilizational.
Iranian civilization has existed for 5,000 to 7,000 years. It has ...
On April 16, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a closed academic workshop titled “The Implications of the Iran Crisis for the Contemporary World Order and the Eurasian Region.”
On April 16, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a closed academic workshop titled “The Implications of the Iran Crisis for the Contemporary World Order and the Eurasian Region...
... the global media, and there is a kind of fatigue from this issue. It cannot be constantly on the agenda. And this Iranian campaign, accelerated this process. Ukraine is not number one in the US foreign policy agenda, as it used to be under Biden. Now Middle East re- emerged as a major topic in the list. Of course, the allies in the Gulf will demand more supplies of equipment, and I'm pretty sure that the US will be able to satisfy these demands. However, Ukraine for some time may suffer from deficits....
On April 15, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Synergia Foundation (Bangalore, India), held a roundtable titled “The Middle East Crisis: Implications for Russia and India”
On April 15, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Synergia Foundation (Bangalore, India), held a roundtable titled “The Middle East Crisis: Implications ...
Dmitriy Trenin: Trump’s announcement of a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, following the failure of the first round of negotiations, amounted to a case of complete strategic incoherence
For a long time, when speaking of how European countries had, over the course of 75 years of U.S. hegemony, lost the ability to think and act strategically, it still assumed that such capabilities remained inherent to the hegemon—the United States of America. The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran calls this assumption...
... agreements may be temporary, it is already possible to recap interim outcomes including for the Gulf monarchies which managed to wait out the hot phase of the confrontation and avoid direct involvement in the hostilities.
The current conflict in the Middle East is significantly different from the 12-Day War of last year, with a bigger number of killings among Iran’s political and military leadership, strikes against the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure, and a number of other distinctive ...
