Maria Dubovikova

Israel, Russia in new paradigm in Syria created by the US

Israel at present is considering the repercussions of the US decision to withdraw from Syria, and continues to monitor how it will affect Israeli ...

US pullout from Syria, a trap or a true lifeline?

The US withdrawal from Syria without a pull-out from Iraq is deemed as a plot. Russia will host a trilateral meeting in January to discuss the ...

Bashir meets Bashar: Is Russia supporting Sudan’s role in solving the Syrian crisis?

On December 16, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir paid a surprise visit to Syria and held a meeting with Bashar al-Assad. It was the first visit for ...

Telescoping 2019: More troubles, fewer breakthroughs

The situation in the Middle East will throw up more challenges in 2019. Based on the major trends of 2018, the decreasing role of the international ...

Mega-trends 2018: Reduced influence of international organizations

The year 2018 is coming to an end. It is time to recall all that has happened as that would foreshadow all that is in the offing in 2019. It is not an ...

Beyond oil: Saudi-Russia cooperation enters new realm of possibilities

The G-20 summit in Buenos Aires gathered leaders of world economies, collectively representing 85 percent of the global GDP and approximately 80 ...

Munich Security Conference and the choice of optimism

The much talked about Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2017 is over. It stays one of the milestones of the world politics in terms of sharing ideas on ...

Moving towards Geneva: Giving peace a chance

Syria is moving to the fourth round of the Geneva talks. Two days of inclusive talks in Riyadh, bringing to the negotiation table the expanded Syrian ...

Why the identity of ‘Louvre attacker’ shouldn’t be important

“Louvre terror suspect identified as 29-year-old Egyptian tourist” claim media headlines. For people, it is not surprising the suspect is ...

Counting down to Doomsday with Donald Trump

The withdrawal of the US from international organizations no longer seems unrealistic

Saudi-Russia relations in the emerging new world order

Following the launch of the ambitious Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia has started a new chapter in its history, turning itself from a US dependent ...

Dubious leaks, true problems

How to prevent any possibility of warming ties between Washington and Moscow? The intelligence services of the United States could give you the ...

The complicated process of breaking down the Syria talks

The best New Year present put under the fir-tree was the unanimously voted resolution of the UN Security Council in support of the efforts made by ...

The coming turbulence of 2017

We have been through another bloody year that was marked by several significant shifts and quakes in international relations

Ambassador’s murder: Roots of the tragedy

The dramatic events point to a destructive phase in Turkey, the region, and the world

Palmyra and Aleppo, bloody new chapters in the Syrian war

The dramatic story of the Syrian conflict does not end with the fall of Aleppo

Changing loyalties in Aleppo are clouding the forecast

Maybe it is high time to view the situation from a purely political aspect and focus on the political process of transition

What are Egypt’s foreign policy intentions?

The unarticulated foreign policy of Egypt leaves too much space for interpretations that could be damaging

Russia has hacked US politics, or has it?

Russia can be blamed for many things but Russia cannot be blamed for the trends spurred exclusively by Western policies

Welcome to the Trump world order

Most experts had their reasons in dismissing Trump’s prospects but in their analysis they missed a lot of things

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