The never-ending dead-end in Syria
This article was written prior to President Trump’s announcement that the US will withdrawal its troops from Syria.The Syrian crisis, which has been going...
The Idlib conundrum
On Friday, 7 September, the Astana Troika summit in Tehran brought together the leaders of Iran, Russia, and Turkey to discuss the current situation...
Syria’s reconstruction: No willing payers in sight
Lately there has been a lot of rhetoric about the start of the reconstruction process in Syria. Such a statement was made by Iranian...
Transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem: Legal implications
The decision of President Donald Trump to implement the US Congress Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which transfers the United States Embassy to Jerusalem...
What will be the impact of moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem?
A festive opening ceremony of the US Embassy in Jerusalem was held on Monday, 14 May 2018. The transfer of the embassy from Tel...
The JCPOA and Iran’s economic future
On 9 May 2018, Donald Trump announced that US would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) because the agreement was of...
Splitting the Iran nuclear deal
On Tuesday, 8 May, US President Donald Trump announced that USA would leave the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the official agreement...
The heyday of power politics in Syria
Within a few years the Syrian Arab Republic has become a textbook example of power politics, but in a more modern and sophisticated form....
Mark Farha comments on the political situation in the Middle East
Mark Farha, an Associate Fellow of the University of Bielefeld and former Senior Associate Member at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, comments on the political situation...
Turkey in the Middle East: Outlines of political expansion
On the 28th of March 2018, the Moscow office of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, along with the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, organised...