Ukraine War – Report: ‘Russia-West Confrontation May Spill Into Middle East,’ Valdai Discussion Club

The confrontation between Russia and the Western countries may spill into the Middle East region, which may exacerbate the conflict potential already existing there, the Valdai discussion club said in a report entitled The Middle East and the Future of the Polycentric World. (Full report below) In the proposed study the authors paid special attention to key aspects of the current geopolitical situation, including both the Ukrainian crisis and the growing confrontation between Russia and the West, as well as the rapid strengthening of the global role of countries outside the Western alliance. The analysts did not leave unnoticed the…