Working Meeting “The Islamic Factor in Contemporary World Politics”

... Institute for Strategic Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University and other think tanks. The participants discussed the major aspects of this topic studied in Russia, i.e. the position of Islam, especially of a moderate one, in the Arab World and Southeast Asia; Islamic countries’ approaches to global processes; Russia’s interests in Muslim countries; as well as the opportunities for advancing relations with these states and improving Russia’s image in the Islamic community. ...