RUSSIA’S BIG COMEBACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Arab Changes in a Changing World

Nina Khrushcheva
Professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs, The New School, New York; Senior Fellow of the World Policy Institute and the Bruno Kreisky Forum

Since the outbreak of the uprising in Syria 2011, Russia has significantly upgraded its role in the region – leading even to a military intervention on behalf of the Syrian regime in 2015. In 2017, Russia is leading efforts to reach a political settlement in Syria. Also in other countries – for example in Egypt – Russia’s policies are increasingly proactive. Does Russia have a “grand plan” for MENA?
This talk is the second in a series of four which examine scenarios for interaction with the Middle East and North Africa in the light of external changes: a radically new US administration; Russia’s increasingly proactive role in the Middle East; UK’s exit from the European Union; the EU’s new Global Strategy.

Moderation: Gudrun Harrer, Senior Editor, Der Standard; Lecturer on Modern History and Politics of the Middle East, University of Vienna and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

in cooperation with IWM

Further dates will be
April 4, The Trump administration and the Middle East, Ellen Laipson, Washington
April 27, UK’s Middle East Policies after Brexit, Lina Khatib, London