May 16, 2023 Round table "Crisis in Sudan: risks and opportunities for external actors"

May 16, 2023 Georgy Arbatov Institute for US and Canada Studies (IUCS) of the RAS hosted a round table "The Crisis in Sudan: Risks and Opportunities for External Actors", which discussed the latest developments in the Republic of Sudan.

The event was moderated by the Scientific Secretary of the Institute for US and Canada Studies, Ph.D. in Political Science, Chairman of the Yong Scholars Council (YSC) of IUCS Evseenko Andrey Sergeevich. The main speaker was the Leading Research Fellow, the Head of the Centre for Sociological and Political Science Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAfr RAS), Ph.D. in Political Science Kostelyanets Sergey Valeryanovich "Interests of key external players in the Sudanese conflict". In his speech, he focused on the role of external forces in the current crisis in Sudan. Senior Research Fellow of the Department for Foreign Policy Study of IUCS, Ph.D. in History Parkhomenko Valentin Konstantinovich also spoke at the event.

In his speech, he focused on US interests in the current Sudanese crisis. The last speaker was the Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Foreign Policy Research of IUCS, Ph.D. in Political Science Minaev Maxim Viktorovich His speech focused on the actions of US and British special forces during the evacuation of US and British diplomats from Khartoum. The event was attended by Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for Southern Africa Studies, Institute for African Studies RAS, Ph.D. in Economics, Chairman of the Young Scholars Council of the IAfr RAS. Sidorov Vasily; Senior Research Fellow of te Department of Military-Political Studies of IUCS, Ph.D. in Military Sciences Bobkin Nikolai Nikolaevich; and Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Military-Political Studies of IUCS, Ph.D. in History Zamanapulov Demokrit Malkhazovich. As a result of the event, the participants agreed to further support the format of meetings for conducting situational analysis on topical issues of world politics and international security.