... October 2023, many observers jumped to a grim conclusion that, from then onward, the Middle East was hurtling at an ever-increasing speed toward another major regional conflict... ... parallels between Palestinian radicals and the Muslim Brotherhood movement (banned in Russia) at home, which has been driven deep underground, but was, alongside Israel,... ... election in November. Thus, Washington is focused on maintaining the regional status quo. China has even less reason to welcome such a conflict, in the first place because it...
The Inevitability of Sino–Russian Cooperation in the Middle East
Hamas’ incursion into Israel last October inflicted casualties never seen before in Israeli history, prompting ... ... exceptionalism, a sentiment shared by other countries in the region.
“The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back”
Yuliya Alekseeva:
China in the Mashriq: New Best Friend
While countries of the Middle East resent American betrayal, they at least understand it ...
The cost of a conflict with Russia for the United States will be measured not only and not so much by support for ... ... becoming more and more difficult to mend such developments.
The developments in the Middle East have pushed the fighting in Ukraine to the background of the media agenda... ... directions seriously complicates things. Resources have to be wasted not only on containing China, but also on putting out fires where they supposedly shouldn’t have broken out...
... contribution to the future of the MENA
In 2016-2019 an international consortium of think tanks and universities from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa carried out a large-scale research
project
“Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: ... ... East and North Africa and the corresponding foreign diasporas, the authors sought to include the views of experts from Europe, Russia, China, and the US.
The sociological survey included expert polls, in-depth face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions, brainstorming ...
On May 14, 2018, in Moscow, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a meeting with the representatives ... ... Chinese experts discussed the strategy of interaction between the two countries in the Middle East. The researchers touched upon a wide range of issues, including cooperation... ... international agreements will disintegrate. Chinese experts underscored the important role of China in the development of the Middle East economies. In addition, the experts discussed...
... best years of his life. And it was not inspired by the March landscapes of central Russia, but by the awakening spring in the Alpine foothills of the Kingdom of Bavaria... ... audience massively ignored, thus stirring the measured pace of the discussion.
Russia and China Falling Off the Radar?
Dmitry Medvedev rekindled interest in the Ukrainian crisis... ... delegates present, it was clear that lack of attention did not worry them in the least.
The Middle East as the “Season Trend”
As one might have guessed, the big headline...