"Dr. Alexei Georgievich Arbatov, PhD" is a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Head of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), and a scholar in residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. He is a Russian political science/political scientist, academia/academic, author, and former politician.

Born in Russia, Arbatov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and completed graduate and post-graduate studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO). He has spent nearly 40 years in the academic and scientific communities, and also served for over a decade in Russia's parliament. He is one of Russia's foremost experts in the fields of international relations, foreign and military policy, international security, and arms control and disarmament.

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Iran is striving to take a dominant position in the region, and its nuclear program is the most suitable means of achieving this.

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Russia will search for ways of settlement without sanctions and the use of force ... but Iran must show wisdom and flexibility. If Iran doesn't help, Russia won't be able to do anything.

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Russia wants to play mediator between the West and Islamic world. But that won't bring any good because Russia is more vulnerable to Islam than the West.

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