North Africa Expert Roundtable

On April 24, in Moscow, with the support and participation of the, the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert round table was held devoted to a comprehensive review of the current political and socio-economic situation in North Africa, the identification and discussion of key regional development trends in the foreseeable short and medium term. The round table was organized by the Russian Middle East Association in cooperation with the Centre for North African and African Horn Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Libyan Institute for Advanced Studies (Libya Institute for Advanced Studies) at the National Research University Higher School economics. “Scientists from leading Russian research centers engaged in academic research and advising public authorities and Russian business on politics, economics and security in North Africa discussed the main internal and external factors determining the causality that occurred in the spring of 2019 in Libya, Algeria, Sudan and Egypt events.