The CSDS and the RIAC held an online round table discussion on Foreign Aid in the MENA
- Категория: CSDS News
- Автор: Vladimir I. Bartenev
On January 26, 2021, the CSDS and Russian International Affairs Council held an online discussion on the topic "Foreign Aid in the Middle East and North Africa: Risks and Opportunities". The discussion was timed with the publication of a new RIAC report “International Assistance to the Middle East and CSDS North Africa: Managing Risks”, prepared by the CSDS Director Vladimir Bartenev. This event opened a series of scientific events of various format celebrating the 10th anniversary of the CSDS (2011-2021).
The presentation was followed by an expert discussion on a wide range of development and security issues in the most turbulent region of the world and the role of international assistance in their solution.
Speakers were:
Aganin A.R. - Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry;
Zvyagelskaya I.D. - Head of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies IMEMO RAS, Professor of the Department of Oriental Studies at MGIMO, member of the RIAC;
Kuznetsov V.A. - Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the RIAC;
Sukhov N.V. - the RIAC expert;
Aliyeva A.I. - the CSDS expert;
Oganisyan L.D. - Lecturer at the Department of International Organizations and World Political Processes, School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; the CSDS expert;
Khlebnikova L.R. - Associate Professor of the Department of Jewish Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Lomonosov Moscow State University; the CSDS Deputy Director for international and public affairs; the RIAC expert.
The first session was moderated by the RIAC program manager Ruslan Mamedov, the second - by Vladimir Bartenev.
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Vladimir I. Bartenev
PhD, the CSDS Director, Associate Professor at the Chair of International Organizations and World Political Processes at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University