Valdai Club

Nadjib Riphat Kesoema

Jahangir Karami

Alexandre Kaufmann

Anton Khlopkov

Alexey Kasprzhak

Oleg Kashirskih

Andrei Korobkov

Hasan Kanbolat

Tamara Kolesnikova

Jahangir Karami

Iran

Assistant professor, faculty of World Studies, Department of Russian Studies, University of Tehran, Iran.

Materials

Iran and Pakistan: Expanding Trade Relations and Confronting Terrorism

The relationship between Iran and Pakistan has always been good during the seventy years after the independence of this state. Two countries with more than 900 kilometers of common borders and complementary economies have benefited from special blessings for growth relations.

Iran and Russia: Strategic Alliance or Strategic Cooperation?

Security cooperation between Russia and Iran in the Syrian crisis should not be considered as a “strategic alliance”. The Russian government is not willing to enter into such an alliance with Iran and, of course, Iran also, for political reasons, could not be a strategic ally with Russia.

Baku Summit Paves Way for Iran-Russia Cooperation in the Caspian

The intention to reach an agreement on the issue and enhance cooperation in the Caspian Sea, demonstrated at the recent summit in Baku, could resolve the problem of transportation of Caspian energy resources into the waters of the Persian Gulf.

Russian-Iranian Relations: Is there any Cause for Optimism?

Russian-Iranian relations at the bilateral and regional levels will increase. Particularly at the regional level, the common interests of the two countries are so important that it seems very unlikely that this cooperation would simply be reduced.

Russia, Crises in Syria and Ukraine, and the Future of the International System (An Iranian Outlook)

When the US-based unipolar system can no longer remain in force, it will be better for the West to develop a bipolar system because they know how to successfully operate in such a system. Russians neither have the power to play a crucial role in a bipolar system, nor are willing to witness the formation of a bipolar system between China and the West.