RIAC and ISPI Joint Report
RIAC and ISPI Joint Report
This Report brings together experts and scholars in an effort to ponder on possible post-pandemic trends in the Southern Mediterranean. The aim is to help readers navigate the future of the Southern Mediterranean region, by offering new insights and guidance to regional and non-regional governments, civil society, and the public at large.
After the Storm: Post-Pandemic Trends in the Southern Mediterranean
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... was prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council as part of the RIAC’s project on «Conflicts in the Middle East: Tools and Strategies for Settlement». This paper is devoted to analyzing the situation in the oil and gas market in Iraq and Syria, as well as the energy policy of Russia in the Arab Mashreq region. The authors also analyze Iraq’s oil prospects in the post-war period under sanctions against Iran. Special attention is paid to the Kurdish factor and the role the Kurds play in the future of energy ...
... which included Russia insisted on involving government forces in the political dialogue, and noted the fragmentation of the Syrian opposition and the propagation of radical Islamist ideas. The countries in the other camp, consisting of NATO member states,... ... mass killings of civilians and the use of chemical weapons and demanded his complete exclusion from the negotiation process.
Energy, tourism and construction will be the key areas of bilateral cooperation.
In 2014, the crisis in Ukraine was added to the ...
... the possibility of reconstructing the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline.
The Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) represents a unique model for strategic Arab energy cooperation involving Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and as such is of particular significance for the Syrian energy sector. The pipeline project was initiated within the framework of bilateral dialogue between Egypt and Jordan in 2001. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) later included Syria and Lebanon. Israel, Turkey and Iraq also signed deals to cooperate ...