Despite an enduring escalation in international sanctions since 1979, Iran has absorbed successive waves of Afghan refugees, with migration flows intensifying precisely during periods of heightened geopolitical pressure
As the global population of refugees
reached
a record high of 37.8 million as of mid-2024, a staggering 16 percent—nearly one in six—
originated
from Afghanistan,...
... international development aid (2022: over €34 billion). A reassessment of Germany’s development policy is necessary to evaluate its effectiveness and its utility for national interests. Development aid should be strategically deployed to reduce immigration by linking it to clear conditions:
Education, especially for women, lowers birth rates and thereby migration pressure.
Financial aid should only be granted to countries that agree to take back rejected asylum seekers. Countries that refuse repatriation ...
On November 11, 2024 Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) in cooperation with Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) hold the X International Conference “Current Status and Prospects of Migration to Russia from Distant Countries”
On November 11, 2024 Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) in cooperation with Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) hold the X International Conference ...
... Middle East. This report sheds light on the transformation of new elements in Middle Eastern state relations and examines the changing role of key players in the region. It analyses the impact that the events in Afghanistan and Ukraine have had on the migration crisis in the Middle East, as well as on food security. The threats posed by radical Islamist movements are also examined.
The Middle East: Impact of Afghanistan and Ukraine Crises on Key Regional Trends
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... the Regional Delegation. Boris Michel has been appointed as the new head of the Regional Delegation.
The discussion points included the challenges of modern international relations, including issues of security, food crises, internal and international migration.
The parties confirmed their interest in continuing cooperation that started in 2021 with a workshop on security issues in the Sahel region and the release of a joint report on the results of the event. They also confirmed holding a joint round ...
... Tajikistan’s strained relations with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan’s SCO membership, and the prospects of integrating Tajikistan in the Eurasian Economic Union. Bilateral Russia–Tajikistan relations were also filled with many important projects in trade, energy, migration, and security. These projects and issues continued to develop independently from the Ukrainian conflict, being kept as topics for discussion in Russia and Tajikistan’s bilateral agenda, even after the exacerbation of Russia’s relations with ...
... America (whether at the time of John F. Kennedy or George H. Bush). The U.S. lost initiative in the region during Donald Trump’s presidency, with Joe Biden now striving to respond to the principal challenges of development: post-pandemic recovery, migration and security, digitization, rebounding investment, the “green” agenda. Many elements in the new initiative are not yet entirely clear. The White House has noticeably been preparing these proposals “in haste,” without elaborating every ...
... addition to the positive aspects of trade relations, economic complementarity and cooperation in the fight against terrorism, there are also problematic aspects: territorial claims over Spanish possessions in Africa, maritime delimitation issues and immigration. Morocco’s
rejection
of the principle of
Uti possidetis juris
, seeking to change the borders inherited from colonialism, has brought conflict to its relations with its neighbors. With Spain, this is evident in events such as the Ifni War ...
Illegal immigration has essentially accelerated the already-existing Italian conflicts.
Tolerance remains a complicated issue in the West and Russia alike. The challenge, though, remains in the need to account for the connection between the notions of tolerance,...
On December 18, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with RANEPA Center for Sociological Research and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held the 4th International Conference on Migration "International Migration and Human Capital in the Context of COVID-19"
On December 18, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with RANEPA Center for Sociological Research and the International Committee of the ...