... RAS. Svetlana Gavrilova, RIAC Director of Programs, moderated the session.
During the first session, the presentation of the RIAC report, “Extra-Regional actors in the Middle East”, was held. The experts discussed regional strategies of Russia, USA, EU, China and India. Speakers in this session were the report authors: Alexander Aksenenok, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-President; Alexander Lomanov, Acting Deputy Director for Scientific Work ...
Will Russia continue its “business as usual” aimed at maintaining the existing status-quo or will it be forced to review and to revise its positions towards Israel, Palestinians, Iran and its main partners in the Arab world?
The spectacular comeback of Donald Trump to the White House will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the US overall international positioning, as well as on specific dimensions of the US approaches to various regions of the world. Of ...
... outrage among Muslim countries, as it left them powerless to stop the humanitarian disaster in Gaza unfolding before them. These countries are no strangers to American betrayal. Over the past couple of decades, they have witnessed
Washington use false accusation as casus belli to attack Iraq,
leave their Kurdish allies at the Turks’ mercy
and
abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban
after occupying the country for over two decades under the pretense of promoting liberal democracy. To these countries, Washington ...
... Turkey. It is no secret that the Arab diplomatic activity has been bolstered by the seeming normalization of relations between Damascus and Ankara.
However, a unanimous vote is not guaranteed. Bashar Assad’s government has its consistent critics in the Arab world—most notably, Qatar. Kuwait, where sympathy for the Syrian opposition is traditionally strong, also holds on to an ambiguous position. It is indicative that differences arose at the recent meeting in Jeddah, where the representatives of the ...
