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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

Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia: A Twist Knot of Contradictions

There has been a decade-long dispute over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD on the Blue Nile since 2011. Recently, after the final failure of the negotiations in Kinshasa, this dispute has intensified between Cairo and Khartoum on the one hand, and Addis Ababa on the other. Various rounds of talks under the African Union (AU auspices to resume...

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The Role of the Red Sea in World Politics

The Red Sea is steadily growing in importance as a nexus of geopolitical competition, which at the same time poses security challenges for the countries of the region. The lack of a clear consensus on the rules of competition between international and regional powers has only intensified the frantic race by both state and non-state actors for natural resources and spheres...

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America's Disgraceful Escape from Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden solemnly and rather bluntly announced that he would withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. More than three thousand people of different nationalities were killed in these attacks, committed by the terrorist organization al-Qaeda (banned in Russia, led...

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The Iranian Nuclear Program and the Current International Agenda

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Jordan: Trouble in the Kingdom?

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Iraq: Things are not Entirely Peaceful in Baghdad

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The Persian Gulf and Erdogan’s Agenda

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Israel: The Latest Election Ends in Stalemate

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