... Moscow, Berlin and Paris did not prevent the Iraqi War. Neither the situational trilateral collaboration grew into a multilateral strategic partnership on a broader range of Middle East problems. The United States, all the mistakes and blunders of the US Middle East policies notwithstanding, remained the unquestionable external hegemon of the Arab world. Russia could hope for only very modest progress in dealing with select Arab nations like Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
The relative stability of the region started to crumble in the wake of the Arab Spring. The changing situation presented Moscow both new challenges and new opportunities. On the one hand, the Kremlin had reasons to be concerned about a spillover effect of the Arab Spring, particularly in the post-Soviet Central Asia, but also ...
Contacts between Russians and Arabs go deep into history. It is interesting that ... ... brought to life an entirely new level of interaction with the Arab Middle East. The Soviet Union from the very beginning was a strong ... ... engaged in business, cultural exchanges, education and tourism.
The Arab Spring of 2011 – 2012 changed many fundamentals in the ... ... approach was, of course, the Moscow engagement into the civil war in Syria. In this bloody and protracted conflict, Moscow demonstrated ...
Interview with Andrey Kortunov
Russian military presence in Syria makes Russia a pivotal actor in the Middle East. How Russia defines its role in the Middle East? Interview with Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General.
Russia is ... ... the Sunni-Shia disputes supporting those in the region who stand for religious tolerance and respect for minority rights. The Arab Spring of 2011–2012 changed many fundamentals in the region. Many of authoritarian Arab regimes were shattered having ...
Two-and-a-half-years into the Syrian conflict, the balance of power in the embattled state continues to evolve between ... ... Deraa, Syria’s southwest, broke out, Bashar al-Assad had been convinced that the Arab spring’s revolutionary momentum would not spill into Syria. The regime seemed... ... Syria escalated, a regional conflict morphed into an issue of international concern. Russia, Iran, Lebanon’s militia group Hizbullah, and China backed the Assad regime...
... 10USD. This is in a sharp contrast to countries such as the US, Russia, Norway, Canada and many others that bear production costs ... ... mobilized and often angry males.
An exceptional fact that the Middle East is a cradle of all four monotheistic religions is thus ... ...
Conclusively, most observers would agree that while the so-called Arab Spring had a cross-Arab impact, this was still far from a ... ... assertive) Iran as well as to Russia and China behind it. Right now, Syria pays a proxy-war price for that: This multi-religious country ...
