Middle East Institute (Moscow)

The Middle East Institute (Moscow), known in Russian as Институт Ближнего Востока (Institute of the Middle East), is an independent research and analytical center based in Moscow, Russia. It focuses on the comprehensive study of the modern Middle East and Near East, producing monographs, country-specific reference works, and regular analytical reviews. The institute was founded in 1993 as the Institute for the Study of Israel, renamed in 1995 to the Institute for the Study of Israel and the Middle East, and adopted its current name in 2005. It is headed by orientalist and economist Yevgeny Satanovsky, who is also its principal founder. The institute is part of the Ariel Group of Companies, a metals trading group that finances its operations. It maintains a strict policy against using foreign funding for research. Over 400 specialists, including orientalists, journalists, historians, and political scientists, have contributed as authors and experts. The institute publishes a scientific almanac, "The Middle East and Modernity," and monthly reviews on military-political and economic situations in countries such as Iraq, Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, and Turkey, as well as a weekly review on changes in the military-political situation in the Middle East and North Africa. It is recognized as a central institution in Israel studies in the post-Soviet space.

The Middle East Institute (Moscow) was founded in 1993 under the name Institute for the Study of Israel. Its creation was the result of a chance meeting between Yevgeny Satanovsky and Vladimir Rybakov, an Arabist and diplomat. In 1995, it was renamed the Institute for the Study of Israel and the Middle East. In 2005, it adopted its current name, Institute of the Middle East. According to Satanovsky, the institute was established as an autonomous structure, independent of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian state, and has never requested or received state funding. It is financed by the Ariel Group of Companies, a metals trading group. The institute has published numerous monographs, collections such as the youth "Oriental Studies Collection," and country-specific reference books in the series "Arab Countries" and "The Middle East and Modernity." It also publishes monthly reviews on the military-political and economic situations in various Middle Eastern countries and a weekly review on the military-political situation in the Middle East and North Africa. Over 400 specialists have collaborated with the institute. It is recognized as a central institution in Israel studies in the post-Soviet space.

• 2005

  Renamed to the Institute of the Middle East.

• 1995

  Renamed to the Institute for the Study of Israel and the Middle East.

• 1993

  Founded as the Institute for the Study of Israel.

Independent, non-state analytical center focusing on the Middle East, funded by the Ariel Group and refusing foreign research funding.

• Monographs

• Collections (e.g., youth "Oriental Studies Collection")

• Country-specific reference books in series "Arab Countries" and "The Middle East and Modernity"

• Monthly reviews: "Military-Political Situation in Iraq", "Iran — Military-Political Situation", "Iran — Economic Situation"

• Weekly review: "On Changes in the Military-Political Situation in the Middle East and North Africa"

• Scientific almanac "The Middle East and Modernity"

1. 1Wikidata entry for Middle East Institute (Moscow)wikidata.org
2. 2Russian Wikipedia article on Институт Ближнего Востокаru.wikipedia.org