Upon a gracious invitation from the Evgeny Primakov International Cooperation Center, I participated in the third edition of the international conference titled ‘Russia and the Middle East: Exploring a New World.’ The conference took place in the Russian city of St. Petersburg from September 27 to 30, 2023. The event gathered a significant number of researchers and experts, both from the Russian side and from various Arab Gulf countries, as well as other Arab and Middle Eastern nations.Prior to the commencement of the conference sessions, there was an opening session that discussed the content of the transformations occurring in the Middle East region over the past decade…..
Dr. Ashraf Keshk, Senior Research Fellow