European Donors in the Arab World: Redistribution of Resources and Roles // Contemporary Europe, 2020, no. 6, pp. 76-89 (In Russian)

Vladimir Bartenev. International Assistance to the Middle East and North Africa: Managing the Risks: Report No. 62/2021. — NPMP RIAC Moscow, 2021. — 104 p.

The  Trump  Administration’s  Approach  Towards  Strategic  Use  of   Foreign  Aid Resources   in  Unstable  Regions:   The  Case   of   the  Middle  East   and  North  Africa.  In:   The Changing West and its Role in Global Regulation (Global Development, iss. 21) / Voda K.R., Godovanyk K.A., Davydov A.A. at al., eds.– Moscow, IMEMO, 2019. Pp. 168-178 (Full Text in Russian)

On October 16, 2019 the CSDS, Department of Israel Studies of Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Science, and Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies, IOS RAS organized the Academic Workshop ''Regional Security System in the Middle East: And the Impossible is Possible?''. The event was attended by more than 40 academic scientists, diplomats and experts representing leading research think tanks in Russia: Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Higher School of Economics, MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and many others.

September 10, 2019, the CSDS Director Vladimir Bartenev made a presentation ''The US Disengagement from the MENA Region: Myths and Reality'' at the international seminar ''From Battlefields to Negotiation Tables: What Role for International Actors in the MENA Crises?" organized by Russian International Affairs Council, Italian Institute for International Political Studies and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as one of the 'Toward MED -Regional Meetings' ahead of the 5th Edition of the Mediterranean Dialogues which will be held in Rome on December 5-7, 2019. The aim of the seminar was the exchange of views and ideas between experts on the role and influence of regional and international actors in major crises affecting the Middle East and North Africa.

On September 9, 2019, the CSDS Director Vladimir Bartenev participated in a round table discussion entitled “On the road to de-escalation in the Persian Gulf: regional rivals and external actors” that was was organized by Russian Council on International Affairs and International Crisis Group. 

Evolution of the EU Policy Approaches Towards the Arab Awakening countries. Global South in the Polycentric World (Global Development, iss. 19). – Moscow, IMEMO, 2018. P. 148-156. 

The CSDS team Altunay Aliyeva, Lida Oganisyan, Olga Kulkova and Luiza Khlebnikova attended a scientific seminar titled "Persian Gulf: aspects of economic and political development" held by the Middle East Research Center at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations.

On June 26, 2018 the CSDS in cooperation with the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS held a workshop panel “Reconstruction of Iraq: underlying logic and role of foreign actors” as part of realization of the project “Dilemmas of Strengthening State Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa in the Context of New Threats to Peace, Security, Global and Regional Stability” supported with a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project №17-37-01018).

On December 14-15, 2017 the international research consortium led by the Lomonosov Moscow State University (School of World Politics - Center for Security and Development Studies), University of California (Irvine) and Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, held an international academic conference' Empowering Sustainability in a Fragile World' in partnership with the Russian International Affairs Council and with financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (project №15-18-30066).

The CSDS in cooperation with the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS held a round table discussion as part of realization of the project “Dilemmas of Strengthening State Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa in the Context of New Threats to Peace, Security, Global and Regional Stability” supported with a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project №17-37-01018).