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Comment of the Year: The Middle East – Syria

It must be stated right from the outset that the outgoing year has failed to bring this long-suffering region either any perceptible change for the better or a consummation of aspirations that provided a powerful impetus to the million-strong protests in the Arab world seven years ago.

Alexander Aksenyonok

What Should the Gulf Crises Teach Us?

One of the most disturbing trends in international politics today is a rapid deterioration of the security situation in the Gulf area, — a region which remains a critically important part of the global economy, finance and transportation.

Andrey Kortunov

By the Rivers of Babylon

The time when Russia could contemplate an exit strategy seems to have passed. It would be virtually impossible now to guarantee a negotiated settlement in Syria or at least a lasting truce without Russia’s substantial military presence in that country.

Dmitry V. Yefremenko

Wars in the Name of Islam: What Comes Next?

Is the Middle East turning into the area of total war? What will the Sunni and Shiite rivalry end in? How to defeat terrorism?

Vasily A. Kuznetsov

Arab Uncertainty after the ‘Spring’

After six years of rapid and successive developments that have engulfed Arab countries, they could not reach a safe path towards the future.

Nourhan El-Sheikh

Oil Back in Vogue

The global energy market continues to be driven by the political economy of oil production and trade. Energy markets have come full circle returning to their fundamentals: oil is there to stay and play an important role in the era of slow melting of the oil surplus.

Slawomir Raszewski

Global Energy and the Political Dynamics in the Middle East

This article reviews key dynamics in the Middle Eastern oil and gas to explain how they shape the global energy picture. The author makes sense of the Saudi-Iran relations and the role OPEC is set to play in the emerging energy landscape. Finally, political developments in the broader region, including Turkey, are discussed.

Slawomir Raszewski

Marriage of Convenience

Russia and Iran have found themselves to be partners of convenience in Syria. Their interaction is limited due to different motives behind their interference in the conflict and the possibility to harm their relations with third states.

Nikolay A. Kozhanov