The Kurdish Question amid Civilizational Transformations

9 декабря 2025 года в рамках VII Международной конференции «Мировое большинство и Запад в условиях геоэкономических и цивилизационных трансформаций» состоялось заседание круглого стола «Курдский вопрос в условиях цивилизационных трансформаций», организованное Департаментом зарубежного регионоведения Факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики НИУ ВШЭ в партнёрстве с Центром ближневосточных исследований и Союзом курдологов.

On 9 December 2025, as part of the 7th International Conference “The World Majority and the West amid Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations,” a roundtable titled “The Kurdish Question amid Civilizational Transformations” was held. The roundtable was organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, in partnership with the Center for Middle East Studies and the Union of Kurdologists.

The roundtable was moderated by T. Odintsova, a member of the Board of the Union of Kurdologists.

Presentations were delivered by:

• Shakle Suara Ahmed Said (Iraq, Union of Kurdologists);
• Fatah Omed Rafiq (Iraq, Cihan University);
• Jaafar Bahrouz (Iraq, Tishk International University);
• Dara Mohammed Ali Salih (Iraq, “Vision” Strategic Studies Foundation);
• Hunar Amin Hassan (Iraq, Charmo University);
• Aby Shoresh (Russian Federation, Union of Kurdologists);
• Mahmud Hemin Tahir (Russian Federation, Union of Kurdologists);
• Mirzad Hajim (Russian Federation, Center for the Development of People’s Diplomacy and International Cooperation);
• Alexey Marinin (Russian Federation, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS);
• Alla Sokolova (Russian Federation, D.S. Likhachev Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage);
• Stanislav Ivanov (Russian Federation, IMEMO RAS);
• Ilya Vedeneev (Russian Federation, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS);
• Kirill Vertyaev (Russian Federation, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS);
• Ahmed Yousef Anwar (Iraq, RUDN University);
• Ali Renvar Khalil Ali (Russian Federation, Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University);
• Vyacheslav Remizov (Russian Federation, Moscow State Institute of Culture);
• Vadim Makarenko (Russian Federation, MGIMO University).

During the roundtable, participants discussed the key political, socio-economic, and cultural and humanitarian dimensions of the Kurdish question, as well as the impact of regional and global transformations on the dynamics of Kurdish-related developments across the Middle East.