Join The Jamestown Foundation for a conference on Russia's involvement and activity in the Middle East. Experts will discuss the developments in Russia's involvement in the region, analyze Russia’s activity there and consider what the U.S. strategy and reaction should be to Russia’s provocative behavior. This conference is the culmination of the "Russia in the Middle East" research project that Jamestown has carried out over the past year. Panelists will discuss some of the most pressing aspects of Russian activity in the Middle East that were identified over the course of the project, providing additional context and insight to the research presented in the project papers.

Keynote speaker

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Speakers

Stephen Blank, senior fellow, American Foreign Policy Council

David Des Roche, associate professor, Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies, National Defense University

Michael Eisenstadt, Kahn Fellow and director, Military and Security Studies Program, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Theodore Karasik, senior advisor, Gulf State Analytics

Rauf Mammadov, senior fellow for energy policy, The Middle East Institute

Col. Richard H. M. Outzen, senior U.S. Army adviser, U.S. State Department

Sergey Sukhankin, fellow, The Jamestown Foundation

Nader Uskowi, nonresident senior fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

Moderators/Commentators

Ilan Berman, senior vice president, American Foreign Policy Council

Theodore Karasik, senior advisor, Gulf State Analytics

Mark Katz, professor of government and politics, George Mason University

Michael W. S. Ryan, senior fellow, The Jamestown Foundation