Prof. Alexey Vasiliev

GRM 2018 Workshop: The Gulf Post-Syrian-Crisis Political Architecture and the Roles of the External Actors: the USA, Russia and China

Honorary President - Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Member of RAS

Prof. Alexey Vasiliev is Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) ( since 2015), Member of RAS (elected in 2011), professor (since 1991), chair of Arab and African studies of the Russian University of Peoples’ friendship (since 2015) in Moscow, editor-in-chief of Asia and Africa Today magazine (since 1998), in Moscow, member of the Council on foreign policy of the Foreign Ministry of the RF, member of the Scientific Council of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. He was Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for relations with leaders of African states (2006-2011). A.Vasiliev has made an important contribution to the studies of the USSR/Russia policy in the Middle East, as well as international relations in this region with due account of the “oil factor”, the “Arab Spring” and the “Arab winter”. Prof. Vasiliev speaks Arabic fluently and has travelled extensively to the Middle East and North Africa regions. His recent publications include “Russian Policy in the Middle East: from Lenin to Putin” (in Russian – 2017, to appear shortly in English (Routlege), Arabic, Chinese); “History of Saudi Arabia” (in Russian, English, Arabic); “King Faisal of Saudi Arabia: Personality, Faith and Times” (in Russian, English and Arabic); “Egypt and the Egyptians” (in Russian and Arabic); “The Gulf in the Epicenter of the Storm” (Russian); “Africa and Challenges of the 21th Century” (Russian).