Middle East

02.08.2023

Palestine: where is the new Intifada?

Israel is significantly weakened and it would be possible to seize the initiative from it. The dramatic split in Israeli society, which has already affected the army and security forces, the deep degradation of Tel Aviv’s relations with the U.S. and the EU — this …

Mihail Lavrov

25.05.2023

America is losing the Middle East

The countries of this region are drifting away from the U.S. and the West toward Russia and China. The obvious fact is that during Biden's presidency, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates began to withdraw from U.S. influence. Just look at the refusal of …

Aleksey Malyan

16.05.2023

Iran entered the Mediterranean Sea

Tehran has strengthened its relations with Lebanon and Syria through specific economic commitments. At the turn of April and May of this year it became obvious that Iran has finally achieved its most important strategic goal – access to the Mediterranean Sea. This was proved …

Mihail Lavrov

15.05.2023

Turkish elections: what should Russia expect?

Two candidates for the presidency of the Republic – two different ways to the future of Russia-Turkey relations. May 14 is a decisive day in the fate of Turkey, where the elections will show what path the Republic will take. It is not only important …

Aleksey Malyan

20.04.2023

Israel is weakening and losing allies

Israel has lost its exclusivity and must decide what place it wants to take in the new realities of the Middle East region. The scale and pace of the changes taking place in the Middle East seem to have taken Israel by surprise. One gets …

Mihail Lavrov

07.04.2023

China in the Middle East: what does it mean for Russia?

Beijing has become more active on the regional stage. The signing of the agreement on the normalization of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Beijing has in fact cemented a qualitatively new role for China in the Middle East. If before that China was …

Mihail Lavrov

21.03.2023

Saudi-Iranian normalization: what next?

Let's analyze its implications for the region and globally. Undoubtedly, the signing in Beijing of the agreement on normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a pivotal event in the modern history of the Middle East. Its significance is quite comparable to the …

Mihail Lavrov

16.03.2023

Peter Koenig: China’s Initiative Brings Iran and Saudi Arabia Back on the Diplomatic Track

What does it mean for Yemen? Interview with geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig. GEOFOR: Mr. Koenig, the Sunni Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Shia Republic of Iran have agreed – in a China brokered deal – to re-establish diplomatic relations within the coming two months. …

Peter Koenig

20.12.2022

Why did Erdogan urgently need Assad?

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again managed to surprise the world. He invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to organize a trilateral summit with the participation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Well, …

Mihail Lavrov

15.12.2022

Turkey: foreign warships will not pass through the straits

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text Ankara continues to build mutually beneficial relations with Russia, ignoring the angry shouts of the West. Planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles stationed on the boards of foreign military vessels that have received permission …

Igor Iavlianskiy

06.12.2022

Is the Middle East on its way to strategic independence?

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text For many decades, the development, particularly political, of the Middle East has been a "derivative" of global trends. Simplifying a bit, we can say that peace and war here depended on the decisions and …

Mihail Lavrov

30.09.2022

Turkey: how long will the multi-vector policy last?

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text Turkey's state-owned banks, following private ones, abandoned the Russian MIR payment system. The largest private banks of the republic, Isbank and Denizbank, followed by the state-owned Halkbank, VakifBank and Ziraat Bank, no longer accept …

Ivan Andrianov