Alexander Filonik

Candidate of Economic Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

The Syrian economy is steadily headed for ruin

The decision regarding chemical weapons opens up a certain possibility of normalising the overall situation in Syria. Although, it is still too early to say that Syria has reached the point of no return in regulating the whole issue as the future of the country is still up in the air. On the...

Alexander Filonik

The statistics of life in Syria

On the eve of the Islamic offensive, Syria had already suffered a considerably severe blow. It fell on Syria in the form of the global financial crisis which caused Syrian rates of economic growth to plummet from 5% to 2% by 2011. Although the losses were not critical then, it is evident...

Alexander Filonik

The Syrian frontier cuts too close to home

Syria has been living the past three years completely engulfed in rampant terror and threats to the population, which are actively being used to demoralise the administration and force it to leave the political arena. The fact that the military campaigns have a localized nature does not...

Alexander Filonik

Inter-Arabic integration: a desert ephemera or a vague illusion?

Alexander Filonik

The Arab World: Searching for Development Options

Alexander Filonik

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What does the future have in store for Arabian monarchies? Part 2

Alexander Filonik

What does the future have in store for Arabian monarchies? Part 1

Alexander Filonik