... combination of strategic opportunities, risks and challenges with the rise of uncertain and hard-to-predict factors.” The Chinese leader urged to prepare not for “bad weather” but for a “storm.” For this purpose, the risks for the Chinese economy, the source of which is in the Middle East, should have been minimized, because confrontation with the U.S. looks highly likely.
Gulf countries’ stance toward China
Nikolay Surkov:
De-Escalation for the Gulf—Success and Challenge for China
The Arab monarchies of the Gulf are increasingly ...
... of the Haifa port, China’s participation in the construction causing U.S. warnings. In the
opinion
of U.S. officials, increased Chinese investment in Israel is a serious threat to the latter’s national security.
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China’s influence in the Middle East is still mainly limited to issues of trade and economy, currently pursued within the overarching framework of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). However, China is also harboring some foreign policy ambitions. This has become especially noticeable with China’s active stance in establishing relations ...
Report No. 91 / 2024
Report No. 91 / 2024
Owing to contradictions between regional actors, socioeconomic problems, and political instability in some countries, the situation in the Middle East remains tense. Given such 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 ...
... University; Vladimir Sazhin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IOS RAS; Irina Svistunova, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IMEMO RAS; and Dmitry Maryasis, Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal “Economy of the Middle East”.
The sessions were moderated by: Ivan Bocharov, Program Coordinator at the RIAC; Ibragim Ibragimov, Fellow Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the IMEMO RAS; Grigory Lukyanov, Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic ...
... RCD Forum 2022 included a series of workshops, as well as several panel discussions on key regional and global trends. In particular, there were discussions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine military conflict on the global economy and international security. In addition, the participants discussed the problems of food security, global trends in the energy sector, as well as environmental challenges. A special attention was paid to instable countries of the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, there were discussions on the political crisis in Libya and the problem of Afghanistan, as well as the impact of situations in these countries on the region.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of ...
The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
On May 12, 2022, there was a presentation of the book dedicated to the modern economic legislation of the Arab countries on the example of Syria. The event was held at the State Historic Public Library of Russia (SHPL). The book was presented by Igor Matveev, the author of the book, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and...
... models of economic development by these countries.
The articles for the monograph were prepared by the RIAC experts:
Alexander Akimov, Head of Department of Economic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Vyacheslav Belokrenitsky, Head of Center for Middle East Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Ivan Bocharov, Program Assistant at the RIAC
Gurgen Ghukasyan, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS
Irina Deryugina, Leading Researcher ...
... development, which are vital for the majority of the people.
Syria has sustained the biggest losses of all the conflicts in the Middle East. From 2011 through 2018, GDP fell by almost two thirds from $55 billion to $22 billion a year. This means that recovery ... ....
The economic challenges now faced by Syria are even more serious than during the active phase of hostilities. It is in the economy that a web of old and new problems has emerged, and this is not just due to the catastrophic destruction during the war ...
... Turkish experts in the field of International Relations on the relationship between the two sides with a focus on key areas for cooperation. The report provides an analysis of bilateral economic ties between the two countries, strategic challenges in the Middle East, regional issues related to the Black Sea and the Caucasus and the development of a Eurasian transport corridor.
Deepening Russia-Turkey Relations
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... protocol while others regard it as an urgent matter due to recent developments the country is undergoing: higher rates of unemployment and indebtedness, economic recession, mounting inflation, and taxation.
Andrey Kortunov:
The European Decalogue and the Middle Eastern Duodecim
What reflects the urgency of the meeting, is that on the same day the king visited the Tafilah gover-norate where he met with representatives and dignitaries of the province before returning to Amman to meet the former premiers ...
