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Working Meeting “The Islamic Factor in Contemporary World Politics”

On March 13, 2014 RIAC held a working meeting “The Islamic Factor in Contemporary World Politics” opened by RIAC President Igor Ivanov, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Director of MGIMO Center for Partnership of Civilizations Veniamin Popov. The event was attended by analysts from MGIMO-University,...

17.03.2014

A Lethal Threat

... as a phenomenon of the new age, we should examine the events of the 20th century, more specifically at the peak of terrorism during the 1960-1980s with the rise of mainly nationalist and anarchist entities like the Red Brigades in Italy, the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria, the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Red Army Faction in Germany, the Red Army in Japan, the Shining Path in Peru, etc., which all strived for political change in their home countries....

13.01.2014

Islamic factor” in russian migration policy

How does the “Islamic factor” influence migration flows coming to Russia? Even a few years back while specialists in Islamic studies, ethnologists, demographers and other scholars dealing with the problems of Central Asia were talking about the correlation between ...

28.04.2012

Nationalism, islamism … - What colors will the arabs fly after their “spring”?

What will be a unifying factor in the “Arab Spring” countries? Pan-Arab nationalism has lost its popularity, in contrast to the local state nationalism. However, now Islamism has come to the fore in the "Arab Spring" countries, which is a historically justified phenomenon. And nationalism is now bound to be dyed in the colors of Islam. "A Great Giant" has not been born Arab nationalism is a unique ...

08.04.2012
 

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