On October 13, 2025 Observer Research Foundation (ORF, India) held a series of events, dedicated to the new development agenda of the Global South in the United Arab Emirates
On October 13, 2025 Observer Research Foundation (ORF, India) held a series of events, dedicated to the new development agenda of the Global South in the United Arab Emirates.
The first half of the day included an international conference Rethinking Connectivity New Geographies, New Markets, New Infrastructure at the DP World...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) contributed to the preparation of the working paper “BRICS 2.0 Amplifies 'Non-West', not 'Anti-West', Trend”, published by the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE)
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) contributed to the preparation of the working paper “
BRICS 2.0 Amplifies 'Non-West', not 'Anti-West', Trend
”, published by the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE). The paper explores the ...
On September 5, 2024, the delegation of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
On September 5, 2024, the delegation of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (UAE) visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
During the meeting, RIAC Director General Ivan ...
... new tensions with the United States.
Yuliya Alekseeva:
China in the Mashriq: New Best Friend
As a key trading partner of the Gulf states, China has more than
doubled
its oil imports between 2010 and 2020. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait and the UAE act as key oil suppliers to the Middle Kingdom. Chinese companies are expanding their footprint in infrastructure and technology projects of the region. Chinese banks are
providing
funds for major projects, including in Egypt’s New Administrative ...
... многополярному миру гарантирует
прочную концептуальную базу для долгосрочного и
равноправного сотрудничества
On January 7, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (UAE)
signed an agreement
with NASA, the US space agency, on providing an airlock for the Lunar Gateway orbital station at an estimated cost of USD 100 million. This has granted Abu Dhabi full access to the station for subsequent involvement of UAE astronauts ...
... With this, HAMAS (should the organization withstand the onslaught of Israeli Defense Forces) is making a bid for leadership in the Palestinian house.
HAMAS’s latest actions suggest that the movement can afford not to depend on its Arab neighbors. The UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia (the latter wishes to preserve the possibility of establishing public relations with Israel as part of a deal with the US) are downright treacherous to HAMAS followers, given what is going on in Palestine. Furthermore,...
... Brief # 48 / 2023
The world is currently undergoing a period of high turbulence in the political, economic, and climate spheres. Caused by numerous factors, including those directly affecting the interests of Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the prospects for developing cooperation between the two countries in various fields, particularly, in the energy sector, has been significantly impacted.
What forms the wide scope of common interests between Russia and the UAE are their similar ...
... of the Syrian crisis. The Syrian-Turkish reconciliation is indispensable to resolving the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.
The tragic earthquake of February 2023 accelerated the restoration of Syria’s ties with Arab states in the region. The UAE foreign minister was among the first to visit Damascus, the foreign ministers of Jordan and Egypt visited Syria for the first time in the years of conflict, and the Egyptian president had his first telephone conversation with his Syrian peer. Saudi ...
... was before the war”). Yet, in a climate of general fear, political apathy, and domination of the security services, this demand is not being voiced openly.
Alexey Khlebnikov, Igor Matveev:
Does Syria’s Road Back to the Arab Family Go Through the UAE?
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, in his briefings for the Security Council, has consistently urged the international community to keep Syria in the spotlight, warning of the persistent risks of an unresolved, some even ...
...
Reconciliating Damascus with the Arab family remains among the key most challenging issues on the regional agenda. It is acquiring even greater importance due to the ongoing reapproachment efforts between Damascus and the Arab Gulf states pioneered by the UAE. Since 2018, Bahrain and the UAE have restored diplomatic relations with the Syrian Arab Republic despite years of animosity and criticism coming from the West. A series of high-level visits took place over the last years, and a number of economic ...
