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carried out a comparative analysis of the privatization process in Russia, Central Asian and Arab countries. (See
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Vasiliev was born on April 26, 1939, in
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newspaper
Vasiliev combined journalism and literary work with academic research. In 1983 A.M. Vasiliev was appointed deputy director of the Institute for African Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he was elected Director of the institute. Subsequently, he was repeatedly re-elected. In
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evolution of Saudi Arabia over the period of nearly 250 years. The book uses the broadest range of currently available sources in Arabic, Turkish, English, French, Italian, German, and
Russian languages. It is also based on materials from Russian and Soviet archives. Some of the conclusions of the
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Vasiliev often gives lectures at universities in Russia, the United States, the UK, Italy, France, Switzerland, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman. He was a scientific adviser of 12 scholars, some of them from Arab and
African countries, who earned their Ph.D.s at the Institute for African
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African societies as "multi-dimensional, patron-client, with patriarchal, traditional and modern
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President of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS (since 2015). Director of the Institute for African Studies (1992β2015). Head of the chair for African and Arab Studies of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (since 2013).
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Friendship (Russia) - "for his great contribution to the development and strengthening of relations between Russia and African states" (Presidential Decree of March 20, 2011 No. 328 "On awarding the Order of Friendship to Vasiliev
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Over the years, Vasiliev has published 40 books (counting editions and translations) and over 900 articles in Russian and foreign periodicals. He has been the chief editor of about 50 monographs, including the two-volume
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For over 25 years Vasiliev directed the Institute for African Studies. Simultaneously, he oversaw the work of the Center for Civilisational and Regional Studies, supervised the preparation of the series
295:. Member of the Academic-expert Council under the Speaker of the Council of Federation (Senate) of the Russian Federation. Member of the Foreign Policy Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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correspondent in Ankara, Turkey. He was responsible for the region that included Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. He also traveled to Syria to report on the
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s own correspondent in Egypt and was also responsible for Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Ethiopia. From 1979 to 1983 he worked as a columnist on international relations at the central office of
533:, much of Vasiliev's work has been devoted to the revolutionary wave in the Arab world and the analysis of religious extremism and terrorism. In this context, he co-authored the book
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In 1981 Vasiliev defended his doctoral thesis "The Evolution of Socio-Political Structure of Saudi Arabia in 1745β1973" at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow.
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Vasiliev developed a theory of Muslim reformation, which underlines the role of Wahhabism at the time of the crisis of the
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in Moscow, occasionally traveling abroad to report on events in "hot spots". From 1971 to 1975 A.M. Vasiliev worked as a
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s own war correspondent. At that time he also traveled to guerrilla-controlled zones in Laos. In 1969β1971 he worked for
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Islamic Radical Movements on the Political Map of the Modern World. Volume 3. Afroasiatic Zone of Instability
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factors in public life in the region, as well as the problem of Islamic extremism and terrorism.
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The Iraqi Aggression Against Kuwait. In the Mirror of the Russian Press
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The Middle East Conflict: the Status and Proposed Solutions
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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Personality, Faith and Times
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journal (since 1998). Member of the editorial council of
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From Lenin to Putin. Russia in the Near and Middle East
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Rockets over the Lotus Flower. Vietnam During the War
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The Persian Gulf in the Pentagon's Direct Firing Line
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