On February 20, on the eve of the 12th Middle East Conference, the Valdai Discussion Club presented a report, titled “The Middle East and the Future of the Polycentric World.” Vitaly Naumkin, Scientific Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (co-author of the report); Vasily Kuznetsov, Head of the Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (co-author of the report); Yahya Zubir, Senior Fellow, Middle East Global Affairs Council (Qatar); Çağrı Erhan, Rector, Altinbas University, participated. The event was moderated by Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.