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Viktor Mikhin

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, specialist in the Arab countries of the Near and Middle East

Iraq: Elections are Over; What’s Next?

Iraqis voted for a new parliament in the October 10 election, but it could be weeks or months before a viable new government takes office. This is why locals didn’t go dancing in the streets at all after the last election. Still, a healthy democratic process seems to have resulted in the best possible outcome, which nevertheless leaves most parties dissatisfied. It was a free...

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Middle East: Both the US and Israel Pose a Military Threat to the Region

Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, warned in a letter to the UN Security Council about Israel’s ever-growing threats against Iran, reiterating that these threats must be condemned as violations of international law. Takht-Ravanchi warned against any “miscalculation...

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Is Libya on the Cusp of Change or Falling into Chaos?

Ever since Libyan Jamahiriya leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and sneakily assassinated by European and American champions of “democracy” in 2011, the country has been mired in unimaginable chaos through the fault of the West. Ten years after externally inspired demonstrations and protests, the oil-rich country has been gripped with political instability...

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Middle Eastern Water Crisis and Where Various Actors Stand

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Iran-US: a Nuclear Tug of War

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Tehran - Riyadh: the Ice Seems to Break

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Iraq: What Will the Elections Show

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Syria: Are There Ways to Resolve the Conflict?

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