School of Middle Eastern languages by A. V. Shtanov

“…School of Middle Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish), as well as a number of languages of the Caucasus and Central Asia (Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan) is based on the intellectual heritage, tracing its history to the Department of Arabic Studies, established in 1871-1872 years when Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages. …”
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Review of Middle Eastern Television Drama. Politics, Aesthetics, Practices, Edited by Christa Salamandra and Nour Halabi, ISBN: 9781032027814, Routledge. 2023. by Heidi Keinonen

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RUSSIA AND THE WEST: A ROADMAP TO COOPERATION THROUGH FOREIGN POLICY LINKAGE OF MIDDLE EAST AND EASTERN EUROPE by L. D. Owen

“…The author believes that the relations between Russia and the West can be improved through foreign policy linkage of two regions: Middle East and Eastern Europe. It is the place for significant political transformations (especially in the Middle East) and both sides are politically involved there. …”
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CONSEQUENCES OF THE REALIZATION OF NATO STRATEGY IN THE CONFLICTS OF "THE ARAB SPRING" FOR THE STATES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA by E. A. Antyukhova

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RUSSIAN-ARAB COOPERATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE "ARAB SPRING" by M. A. Sapronova

“…The article considers the main stages of the Russian- Arab economic cooperation since the beginning of the 1990s up to the present time and changing the «Middle Eastern vector» of Russian foreign policy. …”
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Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance by I. A. Svistunova

“…In fact, Iran and Turkey offer Middle Eastern countries alternative political transformation options.Iraq and Syria represent both the sphere of Turkish-Iranian competition and the possibility for tactical alignment on the basis of converging interests. …”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…For example, the author stresses that Middle Eastern civilizational antinomies can hardly be understood within the framework of the Western political thought as they represent contraries but not contradictions. …”
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Competitive Multipolarity in the Middle East and the Transformation of Turkey’s Regional Policies in the 2000s and 2010s by P. V. Shlykov

“…Against this background the paper examines the transformation processes in the Middle East on three interconnected levels — the global one, which reflects the alternations in the balance of power and the involvement patterns of the Global Powers in the Middle Eastern affairs; the regional one, which encompasses the relations between the main regional states; and the state level which allows to scrutinize the tangle interconnections between domestic and foreign policy imperatives of a particular Middle Eastern country. …”
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Israeli-Egyptian Gas Cooperation: Significance of Political Domestic Factors [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Artur Skorek, Michał Lipa

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SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF FOREIGN POLICY OF NICHOLAS I (ACCORDING THE MEMORIES OF CONTEMPORARIES) by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…They noted some traits of his personality, political views, commitment to order and military service. …”
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The Role of Leaders in Formulation of the Foreign Policy Identity in Egypt by I. E. Ibragimov

“…This factor is standard for Middle Eastern states, especially for Egypt, where there are traditions of strong centralized powers. …”
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Anattempt to rebuild the world "in the American way" by A. D. Bogaturov

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France in the Vienna System of International Relations (the First Half of The 19^th Century) by I. V. Ignatchenko

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The United States and the Challenges of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Internal Stability: A Historical Retrospective by L. R. Khlebnikova

“…The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been playing an important role in the Middle Eastern subsystem being heavily affected by the events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone, as well as wars in Iraq or Syria. …”
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The Soviet Policy in the October 1973 War: Unknown Pages and Historiographic Interpretations by T. V. Nosenko

“…As for the regional context, the author pays special attention to the question of the Soviet government ability to influence its Middle Eastern partners, particularly, Anwar Sadat. …”
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The Concept of Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok: Problems and Perspectives by E. Yu. Il’In

“…The article also deals with the destabilizing role of the USA and some European states which actively promote the initiative of the «Eastern partnership». The Ukrainian crisis has become a major strength test in the relations between Russia and the European Union, which resulted in a vast credibility gap, the «war of sanctions», the disruption of business and political ties. …”
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Epizooties et géographie du commerce du bétail dans la Corne d’Afrique by Géraldine Pinauldt

“…During the 90's, this system has been challenged by both political turmoils in the whole horn of africa region, and a severe sanitary ban on livestock exports imposed by the middle eastern countries. …”
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Historiography in Vilnius University from 1803 to 1832: between education and romanticizm by Mečislovas Jučas

“…Lelevel divided universal history into the following epochs: Ancient Orient, Roman and Greek, and the Middle Ages (VI-XV). He stressed Christianization and feudalization (of different Western and Eastern models), and, in the New Ages (XVI-XIX century), absolutism and revolutions. …”
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Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…The return of the idea of «aggrandizement» of the country to the official political discourse has affected the conduct of Turkey's foreign policy towards both the regional states and the world arena as a whole.The Republic not only began self-restoration as an autonomous actor of international relations in the eyes of the key world powers, but also started to spread its own values and ideas among the population of both the Middle East and among the states which constitute a national interest for Turkey (Russia, the post-Soviet space, etc.), thus influencing them at various levels and involving them in its orbit of influence – both politically, economically and from a humanitarian point of view.Using «hard power» abroad no longer meets the current Turkey’s policy. …”
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The manor estate economy ofthe Republic of Two Nations (the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) in the 16th-18th centuries from the Marxist and neo-institutionalist perspectives by Darius Žiemelis

“…The questions addressed in this text arose from the conclusion of an earlier study (Lietuvos istorijos studijos, 2006, volume 18) that the agrarian structure of Eastern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries, according to the CWS conception, is similar in many respects to what Marxists call "feudalism" in Western Europe in the 11th-15th centuries (with the agrarian structure rather than political "superstructure" in mind). …”
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