... Policy Center
with the support of UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting brought together around 300 participants. Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, took part in the panel session on the role of Russia’s foreign policy in the Middle East region.
Anwar Qarqash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, made a speech at the conference opening. He underscored the importance of increasing the independent roles of the countries in the region, primarily in the Gulf countries, in order to solve security issues. According ...
... are not good enough to handle basic security problems of the region.
One of the fundamental principles of any international collective security system — its inclusive nature. It goes without saying that leading Arab nations — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and others — have to play a decisive role in building such a system. However, can one ignore non-Arab states of the region -such as Iran, Turkey and Israel? These states are no less interested in a stable, predictable, prosperous and vibrant Middle East than their Arab neighbors are. It would be not only unfair, but also highly shortsighted to remove any of these states from the regional arrangement. To exclude just a single major player would make the whole system extremely fragile and unreliable....
On November 12-14 Abu Dhabi (UAE) hosted
The Third Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate
, one of the key international platforms for regional and global security ... ... Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies,
Alexander Shumilin
, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts at RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies, Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation ...
... Consultation with Saudi Arabia:
https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2015/pr15383.htm
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Regional Economic Outlook Update Middle East and Central Asia Department May 2015, Statistical Appendix, IMF:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2015/mcd/eng/pdf/mreo0515st.... ... FT, September 7, 2015:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5ee82ce2-553b-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html#axzz3mFpTTxV3
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Boost for UAE-Iran trade, Khaleej Times, July 15, 2015:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/economy/boost-for-uae-iran-trade
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MIDEAST ...
Joining the G8's Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA), on March 4, RIAC received a delegation of the Foreign Ministry and noncommercial ... ... with the private sector and impact investing as a key aspect of assistance to international development, as suggested by the UAE representatives.
Planned for next summer in the UAE, the BMENA workshops will cover the above issues, as well as women's rights,...
A Gold Mine for Russian Business
Contrary to the established view in Russia, business in the UAE is not limited to oil, tourism and real estate. The United Arab Emirates is justly believed to be an attractive business centre for Russian companies.
Why is the UAE attractive?
When the United Arab Emirates got its independence from the United Kingdom ...
