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Veniamin Popov

Director of the Center for the Partnership of Civilizations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Candidate of Historical Sciences

Centennial Anniversary of the Sykes–Picot Agreement

In May 2016 it will be 100 years since the signing of a document which went down in history under the title "the Sykes–Picot Agreement" (by the names of two diplomats—a Frenchman François Georges-Picot and an Englishman Mark Sykes. It defined...

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Arab Spring or Arab Winter?

The current year, 2016, is a watershed in the history of the Middle East. It has been almost 5 years since the beginning of the so-called “Arab Spring,” which for many turned suddenly into “winter.” Another historic date marks 100 years since...

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Some Thoughts on the Ongoing Syrian Crisis

It is not surprising that the dramatic events taking place today in such a relatively small country as Syria, with 20 million people and not very rich in natural resources, are now out on the front pages of the world media: the point is that they, like a water...

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