SYRIAN CRISIS AS A STAGE OF LARGE MIDDLE EAST REFORMATTING (ROUND TABLE)
During the round table discussion organized by the editorial staff of the academic journal «Bulletin of Moscow State Regional University. Series: History And Political Sciences» and Moscow branch of Russian Society of Politologists the reasons and possible geopolitical consequences of the modern Syrian crisis were discussed. The participants concentrated on the issues of reasons and main parties to the conflict, as well as on the energy source and confessional background of the events in Syria. The adequacy of depicting by mass media the participation of Russia the Syrian crisis was also discussed. The activities of prohibited in Russia ISIS were paid attention to during the round table. Besides, the issues of the colour revolutions of “Arab Spring” and the disintegration of the modern system of international security were scrutinized through the context of the events in Syria The politologists N.A. Komleva, G.N. Valiakhmetova (Ekaterinburg), G.I. Gribanova, I.V. Radikov (Saint Petersburg), A. V. Sarabjev, A.V. Manoylo, A.V. Abramov (Moscow), G Simons (Uppsala, Sweden) took part in the discussions.