... organizations and a wider variety of international players, rather than only U.S. goodwill, support Gulf mediation.
Establishing a Third Pillar of Stability
Vladislav Tolstykh:
US-Israeli Strikes on Iran: International Law Qualifications
Although Qatar's mediation function is still crucial, it needs to be integrated into a larger security framework. In contrast to the narrative surrounding the
Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA)
, which Trump only vaguely promoted during his first term as president from 2017 to 2021, this new environment needs to be more robust and strategically independent.
The Gulf Arab states are currently positioned between ...
... of the Faculty of Social Sciences at HSE University; Majed Al Ansari, Advisor to Qatari Prime Minister, Official Spokesperson of Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CIPR President.
The first session was devoted to the mediation efforts of Russia and Qatar in the Middle East and beyond this region. Speakers in this session were: Majed Al Ansari, Advisor to Qatari Prime Minister, Official Spokesperson of Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CIPR President; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC member; Nikolay Sukhov, Lead Researcher ...
... and infrastructurally developed nation. Large-scale projects—such as the smart city of Lusail, the automated metro in Doha, Hamad International Airport, and the digitization of government services—demonstrate the country's ambitions to become the Middle East’s innovation hub.
Small but Mighty: Qatar as a Small Power
Qatar is a striking example of how a small power can play an influential role in international affairs, skillfully balancing the interests of both regional and global actors. Geographically compact, with a population of just over ...
... than ever.
Conclusions
The expected re-election of US President Donald Trump will continue to have profound implications on the Middle East, and the inability to predict Western actions in the region and the profound absence of a coherent policy will affect ... ... aggravate in the country, mainly in Tripoli, unless an agreement is reached among militant groups in addition to Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, the USA and Russia. The impeachment process of US President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would ...
... understanding different militia groups, from ISIS to Hezbollah. We have done work together with key leaders in Europe and the Middle East to try to establish contact points between them. This week we are moving to a different area a little bit — women's ... ... delegation to Kuwait is an indication of their relationship. The UAE too is allied to nearly all EU states.
Saudi Arabia accused Qatar of supporting terrorism. In your opinion, are these claims grounded? How do you assess the efforts taken by the Qatari government ...
... visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On April 30, 2019, a group of representatives from Georgetown University in Qatar, headed by Professor Mehran Kamrava, Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies, visited Russian International ... ... Council.
RIAC guests got to know about the ongoing and finalized projects of the Council related to the Gulf region and the Middle East as a whole. Various aspects of Russia's policy in the Middle East were also discussed, including the Syrian settlement,...
... Arabia work together. Also vectors of power are strong from Iran with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and potentially Bahrain and Qatar. And vectors of power a very strong from Turkey into northern Syria and northern Iraq. The USA works military especially ... ... in connection with internal issues in some countries, notably Saudi Arabia.
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia: the Power Broker in the Middle East?
Islam
is not going to be the constant which many experts expect. Islam has been abused as ideology among extreme ...
... Evolving Global Role».
The speakers included Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vitaly Naumkin, RIAC Member, Academic Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies; Fahad Al-Attiyah, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation; and Paul Saunders, Executive Director of the U.S. Center for the National Interest.
Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International ...
... importance for Russia to develop multilateral contacts in the Persian Gulf region and pointed out the need to strengthen Russian-Qatar relations in the framework of an expert dialogue. Alexander Aksenyonok, RIAC Vice-President, also made a welcoming speech ... ... Council.
During the expert discussion the following issues were touched upon: the perception of Russia and its actions in the Middle East by the Arab countries; relations between the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf; the ...
... an inherent risk of the Cold War turning into a real “hot” war.
Where should we look for alternatives to these deficient models? It seems that the only plausible alternative is a collective security model applied to the Gulf region as well as to Middle East at large. This model might look too radical, naïve or detached from the current regional political realities. Nevertheless, the desperate situation in Yemen and the stalemate around Qatar suggest that any half-way, tactical solutions are not good enough to handle basic security problems of the region.
One of the fundamental principles of any international collective security system — its inclusive nature. It goes without saying ...
