RIAC Hosts Presentation of Valdai Club Paper “Islamic State: Alternative Statehood?”
On November 24, 2015, RIAC and International Discussion Club Valdai presented analytical brief “ Islamic State: Alternative Statehood? ” described to the invited members of academia and media by its author Vasily Kuznetsov, PhD in History, Head of Center for Arabic and Islamic Research at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies, who analyzed the ISIS project and its potential in view of settling key MENA problems. Opening remarks were made by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Valdai...