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Seyed Mohammad Marandi © Valdai Discussion Club

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Vitaly Naumkin © Valdai Discussion Club

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Seyed Mohammad Marandi © Valdai Discussion Club

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Fahad Al-Mahri, Taha Özhan, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Yossi Kuperwasser (online) © Valdai Discussion Club

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Fahad Al-Mahri, Taha Özhan, Seyed Mohammad Marandi © Valdai Discussion Club

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Taha Özhan © Valdai Discussion Club

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Andrey Bystritskiy, Vitaly Naumkin, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, Fahad Al-Mahri, Taha Özhan, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Yossi Kuperwasser (online) © Valdai Discussion Club

09.02.2026

Photo Gallery: The Middle East Amid a Collapsed World Order. Opening and First Session of the 15th Middle East Conference

09.02.2026

On February 9–10, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, convenes its 15th Middle East Conference under the theme “Continuity and Novelty: The Middle East Amid a Collapsed World Order.” The participants of the first session discussed opportunities and limits of power in the Middle East in the second quarter of the 21st century.

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Photo Gallery: The Middle East Amid a Collapsed World Order. Opening and First Session of the 15th Middle East Conference

09.02.2026

Photo Gallery: The Middle East Amid a Collapsed World Order. Opening and First Session of the 15th Middle East Conference

On February 9–10, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, convenes its 15th Middle East Conference under the theme