Valdai Club

The Middle East: From Violence to Security

Moscow, Valdai Discussion Club Conference Hall

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Next Economic Miracle in the Middle East?

MENA countries have definitely many crucial ingredients of economic growth – natural resources, human capital, low inequalities and most important – strong state institutions, ensuring low crime and shadow economy rates.

The Great Arab Homeland or a New Caliphate: Remarks on Arab Political Unity

Military-religious challenge to the Saudi dynasty from the new caliphate has cast a new light on the Saudi leadership in the Arab world.

The Nation State as the Guarantor of Transition from Violence to Security in the Middle East

The chaos that has been ruining the region for the past few years is strengthening people’s will to create and strengthen states that will guarantee a transition from violence to security.

Ali Naser Mohamed

Military progress in Syria and its Wider Political Consequences. Reality and the Price of Prejudice

President Obama is cornered: He faces a decision that, whatever course he opts to pursue, he is pretty sure to anger someone (maybe everyone). But he cannot – with any justice – just blame Russia (or President Putin).

Alastair Crooke

Who Stands to Lose From the Syrian Ceasefire?

Saudi Arabia has demonstrated its dissatisfaction with the Russian-American deal on ceasefire in Syria, the Valdai Club experts believe.

Mustafa El-Labbad, Andrei Baklanov

Mideast Valdai Conference, Session 7: Towards a New Regional Security System in the Middle East

The seventh and final session of the 5th Valdai Discussion Club Middle East Dialogue "Towards a New Regional Security System in the Middle East" was an attempt to predict the development of the situation in the region after the entry into force of the cease-fire agreement in Syria, jointly developed by Russia and the United States.

Position Paper: The Middle East: From Conflicts to Stability

The mass-scale protests in Arab countries triggered a tectonic shift in the Middle East.

Threat from the East. How the World Will Respond to the ISIS Threat

The book you hold in your hands is Russia's first in-depth study of the ISIS phenomenon.

Message from the Chairman

Islamic State: An Alternative to Existing World Order?

So much has been said to try and fathom the Islamic State phenomenon. How can it be classified? What kind of international subject is it? What are we faced with: a dangerous marginal entity? A legitimate stage of evolution of Islamic societies? A totalitarian, destructive and suicidal chimera?

Andrey Bystritskiy

Mideast Valdai Conference, Session 1: The Middle East in a Whirlwind of Change

On February 25, 2016, the Valdai Discussion Club opened the conference titled " The Middle East: From Violence to Security".

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Session 7. Towards a New Regional Security System in the Middle East

Middle East Conference Presentation of Report ISIS as Portrayed by Foreign Media and Mass Culture

Session 2. Conflicts in the Middle East and the Prospects of Their Settlement

Session 3. Terrorism in the Middle East and Methods of Combating It

Session 5. Russia and Eurasia: Meeting Middle East Challenges

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Prospects for regional settlement in the Middle East in the context of the Syrian conflict

06.05.2016

Amos Yadlin: The future structure of the country is in the hands of the Syrian people

05.05.2016

Modern problems of the Iranian-Saudi relations through the Iranian expert’s eyes

04.05.2016

Kayhan Barzegar: Iran's Membership in the SCO in Connection with the Removal of UN Sanctions

26.04.2016

Alastair Crooke: Assad Will Win in a Fair Election

21.04.2016