Valdai Club

Igor Istomin

Andrey Ionin

Rostislav Ishchenko

Mohammed Ihsan

Mustafa Izzuddin

Akbarsho Iskandarov

Yaqub Ibrahimi

Leonid Isaev

Alexander Iskandaryan

Stanislav Ivanov

Russian Federation

Leading researcher at the Center for International Security of the IMEMO RAS.

Materials

Turkish Gambit Shuffles All the Cards in Washington

There is some confusion in Washington regarding the Turkish Armed Forces operation against the Syrian Kurds. The incoming information about the victims among Kurdish militias and civilians, the destruction of the region’s infrastructure, and a new wave of refugees – all this has forced the US administration to manoeuvre and try to “save face in a bad game".

Referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan: Unity and Cohesion of the People

No one will be at war with the Iraqi Kurdistan, and no blocking borders, too, this means war, and under international law such a blockade means a declaration of war. Turkey and Iran need to focus their efforts on domestic political problems.