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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 at the crossroads: what's next?

At first glance, it seems there's a political lull in Iraq; however, this situation is ready to explode at any moment and lead to unpredictable consequences. On the internal situation several quite different centrifugal factors all play a role, seeking to fragment Iraqi society and create new state formations.

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Saudi Arabia: New Policy Restart

Recent events in the Middle East, in which the situation has changed dramatically over the last 2-3 years, have invoked a strong reaction from those who considered themselves the masters there. In particular this applies to Saudi Arabia, whose rulers...

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Is the Peaceful Solution Still Viable for Syria?

A number of positive events which may have a lasting influence on the future of the whole region has recently occurred in Syria. The first — is the appointment of a new UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, an Italian diplomat that has been working in the United...

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Iraq: a Bloody Fate and the Future

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Iraqi Kurdistan on a difficult road towards independence

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Iraq: American “democracy” and Bedouin democracy

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The new aggressive strategies of the US in Iraq

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The Middle East: A boiling caldron of contradictions

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