World Bank hints on new Arab Spring
Soaring energy and food prices triggered by the crisis in Ukraine could exacerbate existing food security concerns in the Middle East and Africa
Arab Spring
Tunisia: President issues decree to create new judicial watchdog
In a new decree, President Saied granted himself additional powers to rule over a reformed Supreme Judiciary Council
Why is Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s antagonism of Turkey on the rise?
The conflict between Turkey and this bloc is expected to intensify in various parts of the Middle East and North Africa
Algeria left without Salah, Lebanon - without Hariri, Iraq - without Abdul-Mahdi
The Arab Spring has no ideology and the protests continue
Protests in Arab Spring countries natural?
From Lebanon to Iraq, people are demanding decent public services, an end to corruption
What protesters in Lebanon want
The demonstrators changed the way politics is run in the country for generations to come
External forces were the main factor of Syrian and Libyan conflicts
There was no social, political, or socio-economic crisis by the beginning of armed conflict in Syria
Putin: attempts to establish uni-polar world have failed
The attempts to establish a one-polar world order have failed, and the balance on the international arena restores, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with a weekly program on the NTV channel. "The situation is changing," he said...
Is ISIL a bigger threat or are the Kurds for Turkey?
Ankara considers PKK and Kurdish presence in Syria as a main strategic threat, while Daesh is thought to be a tactic threat
Obama acknowledges intervention into Libya his main mistake
US President Barack Obama said in an interview on 'Fox News' that the 2011 intervention into Libya is his biggest mistake. "Probably failing to plan for the day after for what I think was the right …
Kazantsev: Kazakhstan is the most reliable partner of Russia in Central Asia
The director of the Analytical Center of MGIMO, Andrey Kazantsev, believes that the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan will lead to a significant renewal of the political elite. …
Kazakhstan is still the most reliable partner in Central Asia for Russia
Early elections are a perfect way to maintain interethnic peace, expert says
The Syrian crisis is a specific part of the Arab Spring, Dolgov believes
Senior Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Boris Dolgov, believes that a long-term settlement of the Syrian conflict will be a result of the intervention of …
Gaddafi did not deserve to die like that, Oleg Peresypkin says
The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the USSR to Libya (1984-1986), employee of the Center for Eastern Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Professor Oleg Peresypkin, believes that the main reason for …
Boris Dolgov: "Events in Libya are a special part of the Arab Spring"
Senior Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Boris Dolgov, spoke about the cause of the situation in which Libya finds itself today. …
Grigoriy Lukyanov on political situation in Libya
A specialist in the modern history of Libya and the Arab states of the Middle East and North Africa of the Faculty of Humanities of the HSE, Grigory Lukyanov, analyzed the current situation in Libya, and also spoke about how the political …
The idea of dividing Libya is senseless
The basis of the external interference in the state’s affairs was not political motives, but economic ones
Libya was a prosperous state a few years ago
Gaddafi fought against radical Islamism in cooperation with Western intelligence agencies
Fifth year of Arab Spring in Middle East
The dream about free and fair Arab world wasn't realized, and even turned into nightmares, as the disorganized liberalism failed to defeat the Islamists. Today is the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the 'Arab Spring', …