... conflict with the U.S.
Yang Xiaotong:
“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East
Postmodernity as inoculation... ... powerful new boost in October 2023 and is likely to accelerate later. Belligerent anti-Israeli rhetoric—not only in the Arab world but also in Iran and Turkey—will also... ... But repeating the experience of the Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, with hundreds of thousands killed and millions wounded, is now a no-go: Middle Eastern societies have changed...
... East was ultimately useless, and now it seems Washington is heading down the same path
The confrontation between Iran and Israel has been going on for several weeks now. However, none of the parties directly – or, indeed, indirectly – involved ... ... this still does not mean that Beijing is willing or able to impose its will.
This is all the more the case when it comes to Russia’s policy. It is not a question of making a country in the Middle East a mere executor of its intentions. In this respect,...
... with the PNA leadership. All analytics prepared after such meetings are sent to Moscow and are taken into consideration when formulating Russia’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine.
During the visit we also had interesting meetings at the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. We discussed the specifics of the Mission’s activities in Israel and the status of land lots that have belonged to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission since the times of the Russian Empire: the problems related to the status of those parcels of land, the titles to which particular plots were lost, and what land ...
... terrorist action undertaken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, unprecedented in its scale and brutality, and the equally unprecedented Israeli retaliation, which claimed lives of many thousands of Palestinians to result in a major humanitarian catastrophe, shocked the world community. However, interpretations of ... ... conflict is detrimental to its interests in the Muslim world. The monopolization of the peace process by the United States, in Russia’s view, was one of the reasons that led to the horrific events in the Gaza Strip and a new escalation of tensions in ...
... 19 to make the case for an escalation of U.S. support for wars to defend “democracy.” He spoke following his return from Israel, where he bolstered Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and met with Israel’s war cabinet to demonstrate U.S. support for ... ... of “exterminating Hamas.”
Biden made the case for linking aid to Israel to providing more funds for the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, which has come under fire in Congress. The ouster of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3 has ...
The cost of a conflict with Russia for the United States will be measured not only and not so much by support for Ukraine, but also by the enormous cost of containing the Russian-Chinese tandem
The aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is an indicator of the growing imbalance in the existing system of international relations. This imbalance is characterised by the emergence of new conflicts and resumption of old ones, with large-scale human casualties and risks of further ...
... remain part of US regional policies and subordinate to US dealings with Iran, Turkey and Russia
With the new US administration in the White House, there are rather lofty expectations... ... domestic opposition to some of the Middle East policy issues, e.g. Iran nuclear deal, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, sanctioned entities and so on.
Finally, having different... ... C-5 Galaxy, or В-52). Once finished, the base will let the US easily send several thousands of soldiers or PMC fighters to Syria overnight, handing it an opportunity to...
Even facing the new, aggressive U.S. campaign, Russia will view Iran through the great power competition framework
Moscow is preparing ... ... Iran policy legacies in the Middle East, i.e., withdrawing from JCPOA and emboldening Israel through peace deals, as an opportunity for deepening alignment with Iran and... ... which includes cooperation principles on a wide variety of fields.
Ivan Timofeev:
USA vs. JCPOA: How Can Russia and China Respond?
However, critics will seek more progressive...
... crises and to which extent the interests of Moscow and Tehran overlap or contradict each other. Some of the key issues of the political situation in the region were assessed, such as the situation in Idlib, the prospects for a political process in Syria, Israel’s role in the region’s future, the path to Syria’s reconstruction and the impact of U.S. policies on the emerging new order in the Middle East. Both Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran regard each other as necessary components of the regional architecture that they envision for the Middle East. The paper attempts to shed light on the views of Moscow and Tehran on these issues.
Russia and Iran ...
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over 3.8 trillion
cubic meters. The key fields are Zohr off the coast of Egypt, Tamar and Leviathan off the coast of Israel, and Aphrodite off the coast of Cyprus, etc. Additionally, the so- called Block 9 is in a part of the field disputed by ... ... an important boost to the crisis- stricken Lebanese economy.
Anna Manafova:
Is the Eastern Mediterranean a New Competitor for Russia on the European Gas Markets?
Transporting the gas to Europe demanded that Cyprus be involved. This once again raised the ...
