Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of his birth)

Biographical sketch

A. M. Vasiliev-Director of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1992).

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (elected in 2000), Professor (since 1991).

Over five decades of scientific, literary and journalistic activity, he has published 35 books, including updated and revised editions and translations, and more than 900 articles in scientific publications, in Russian and foreign periodicals, not counting several hundred speeches on Russian and foreign TV and radio channels. He was a responsible editor of about 50 monographs and collections. His works have been translated into English,German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi, Bulgarian, Danish, Hungarian, Latvian, Estonian, and Armenian.

In his research, A. M. Vasiliev developed a number of fundamental issues of the socio-political history of Arab countries in modern and modern times, as well as problems of international life, the role of religion in the political struggle, social shifts in the countries of the Near and Middle East, and the role of ethnopsychological factors in the social life of Arab countries.

The first in the Soviet Union/In Russia, he studied the phenomenon of "Wahhabism" based on the writings of its founder, Muhammad ibn Abdel Wahhab.

The main work of A. M. Vasiliev is "The History of Saudi Arabia", translated in a revised and expanded form into Arabic and English.

His scientific contribution was highly appreciated: he was awarded the title of "Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation" (1999) and the E. V. Tarle Prize (2003).

In addition to his scientific activities, A. M. Vasiliev carries out a great deal of scientific and organizational work:

* Editor-in-Chief of Asia and Africa Today magazine (since 1998).

* Coordinator of the international Section of the Scientific Expert Council under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

* Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Economic, Socio-political and Cultural Development in Africa.

* Member of the Foreign Policy Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

* President of the Association for Business Cooperation with African Countries.

* Member of the Society for Solidarity and Cooperation of the Peoples of Asia and Africa.

* Member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.

His professional knowledge is in demand by the Russian Presidential Administration, the Russian government, both chambers of the Federal Assembly, and the Russian Foreign Ministry.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF A. M. VASILIEV*

Russia - "South". Opportunities and borders of cooperation / / Asia and Africa today. 1999. N 8. pp. 2-5.

Preface to the book: Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Egypt's journey to Jerusalem. A diplomat's Story about the struggle for Peace in the Middle East, Moscow, 1999, pp. 9-10.

Africa in the late 90s of the XX century // Year of the Planet: Politics. Economy. Business. Cans. Education. Issue 1999. Moscow, 1999. pp. 551-555.

Africa: The Stepchild of Globalization // New Contree. Pretoria. N 45 (September 1999). P. 19 - 27.

Annotated Bibliography of Saudi Arabia, Moscow: "Soglasie-XXI vek". 2000. 92 p. + 155 p. in Arabic.

Iraqi aggression against Kuwait in the mirror of the Russian press (August 1990-April 1991). Moscow: "Soglasie - XXI vek". 2000. 472 p.

Africa - the stepdaughter of globalization / / Asia and Africa today. 2000. N 1. p. 2-8; N 2. p. 10-14.

* Before 1999, see the journal " Vostok (Oriens)". 1999. N 2. pp. 206-208.

Russia and Iraq / Iraq - Gulf / 2000 Conference // Middle East Policy. Maiden, USA. October 2000. Vol. 7. Number 4. P. 127 - 129. Legislative support for international peacekeeping actions is needed / / Materials of the "round table". "The Parliamentary dimension of Russia's Foreign Policy Strategy "(February 9, 2001), Moscow: Izdanie GD. 2001, pp. 20-30.

Foreword / / Zeynalov M. P. A.-ogly. In besieged Iraq (Notes of a diplomat). Moscow, 2001, pp. 2-5.

Ailing Giant of Africa // Asia and Africa today. 2001. N 9. pp. 6-15.

The Great African War / / Asia and Africa Today. 2001. N 1. p. 4-11; N2. p. 8-15.

Zhivoy ukor Rossii [The Living Reproach of Russia]. 2001. N 12. pp. 9-18.

Identités et universalité // Francophonie et Russophonie. Deux aires Iinguistiques à l'heure de la mondialisation (Paris, Pet 2 octobre 2001). P.: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. 2001. P. 127 - 129.

Privatizatsiya: sravnitel'nyi analiz: Rossiya, Tsentralnaya Aziya, araby strany [Privatization: a Comparative Analysis: Russia, Central Asia, and Arab countries]. Moscow: Vostochny lit. RAN, 2002, 312 p. (co-authored with V. Y. Kukushkin and A. A. Tkachenko).

Asymmetry of world development and regional problems / / Dilemmas of globalization. Sociums and Civilizations: Illusions and Risks, Moscow, 2001, pp. 373-01.

People and animals. (Notes on Tanzania) / / Asia and Africa today. 2002. N 4. pp. 74-80.

Africa and the challenges of the twenty-first century // Asia and Africa today. 2002. N 8. p. 2-12.

Africa and the Challenges of the 21 st Century. Report at the 9^th Conference of Africanists (Moscow, 21 - 23 May, 2002). P. 1 - 15.

Afrika und die Herausforderungen des 21. Jah-rhuderts. Vortag auf der, neunter Afrikanisten-Kon-ferenz, Moskau, 21 - 23. Mai 2002 (in English) // Asien Afrika Lateinamerika. В., 2002. Vol. 30. P. 457 - 172.

"The Interaction between Democracy and Development": materials for three discussions organized by the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali through UNESCO on May 4-5, 1998, February 8-9, 1999 and April 3-4, 2000 / / The Interaction between Democracy and Development. P.: UNESCO, 2002. P. 400.

Afrika - stepcheritsa globalizatsii [Africa as the stepdaughter of globalization]. Moscow: Vostochny lit. RAN, 2003, 263 p.

Islamic extremism / / Asia and Africa today. 2003. N 5. p. 2-12.

Money for terrorists / / Asia and Africa today. 2003. N 8. pp. 2-6.

Pyrrhic victory / / Financial Control, Moscow, 2003, N 6 (19), pp. 8-15.

Stability or instability / / Mir Vostoka, Moscow, 2003, pp. 43-15.

What kind of world is coming? (participation in the discussion) // International Life. Moscow, 2003. N 4. p. 3-36.

Some aspects of the world practice of fighting poverty / / Poverty and wealth in modern Russia: state and forecasts, Moscow, 2002, pp. 168-179.

On some features of Islamic extremism and the evolution of Muslim civilization.Sintez tsivilizatsii i kul'tury [Synthesis of Civilization and Culture]. International Almanac, Moscow, 2004, pp. 233-242.

Brains of India / / Financial Control, Moscow, 2004, N 8 (33), pp. 126-131.

In the Kingdom of Oil and Islam / / Asia and Africa today. 2004. N 8. pp. 72-75.

The Ninth Symphony by Edward Said / / Asia and Africa Today. 2004. N 2. pp. 65-72.

Islamskiy ekstremizm i krizis moslemskoy tsivilizatsii [Islamic extremism and the crisis of Muslim Civilization]. Vestnik RAN, vol. 75, Moscow, 2005, No. 8, pp. 697-703.

Egyptian terrorism in the context of Muslim extremism / / Terrorism and Religion, Moscow: Nauka, 2005, pp. 148-175.

Saudi Arabia and the Second World War / / Asia and Africa Today. 2005. N 8. pp. 49-63.

Russian African Studies in the last three years / Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 2005, 14 p.

Africa in War / Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute for African Studies // African Studies in Russia. Yearbook 2001. M., 2005. P. 7 - 50.

Neoconservatives and Terrorists / / Asia and Africa Today. 2005. N 8. p. 7-12.

Faisal and Iffat. Iffat and Faisal // Asia and Africa today. 2006. N 12. pp. 62-72.

Africa and Challenges of the XXI Century // African in Russia. Yearbook 2002. M., 2006. P. 7 - 29.

Islamic Extremism as a Manifestation of the Crisis of Muslim Civilization // Roots and Routes of Democracy and Extremism. A Broad Based Dialogue on the Development of Democracy and Extremism in Countries with Large Muslim Population (October 10 - 12,2005. Porvoo, Finland). Helsinki (Finland): University of Helsinki; Aleksanteri Institute, 2006. P. 24-16.

The Middle East conflict: current state and ways of settlement (sovm. Social Movement "For Strengthening the Democratic World Order and in Support of the UN", Issue 2, Moscow: Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2007. Bull. 311.

Our Anniversary Year // Asia and Africa today. 2007. N 1. p. 2-5.

"North-South": new realities of relations (based on the materials of the G8 summits) / Scientific report at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Jan 22-

varya 2007 / / Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, vol. 77, Moscow, 2007, No. 9, pp. 775-781.

Says the grandmaster of Middle Eastern Politics: [Review of the book: Primakov E. M. Confidential: The Middle East on the stage and behind the scenes. Moscow: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 2006, 384 p.] / / Asia and Africa today. 2007. N 3. pp. 11-22.

The Middle East is changing its face / / Asia and Africa today. 2007. N 2. pp. 10-17 (sovm. With others)

Greater Middle and Middle East / / Asia and Africa today. 2007. N 12. p. 11-23 (sovm. with others).

Egypt and the Egyptians. 3rd ed., reprint. Moscow: Vostochnaya litra Publ., 2008, 366 p. (in Russian)

Africa is a profitable partner of Russia / / Asia and Africa today. 2008. N 8. pp. 57-58.

Africa: Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel? // Asia and Africa today. 2008. N 9. p. 2-8.

General historical overview of terrorism // Terrorizm v sovremennom mire [Terrorism in the Modern World], Moscow: Nauka Publ., 2008, pp. 5-24 (together with V. A. Garev).

Africa: Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel? / The Paper Read at the 11^th Conference of Africanists "Africa Development: Possibilities and Obstacles" (May 22, 2008). M, 2008. 20 p.

Ne neftyu edinoy [Not a single oil] / / Trade and Industrial Vedomosti, Moscow, 2008. N 15 - 16.

Gender problem in Saudi Arabia on the example of the life of the Royal family / / Gender and power: family, society, state. Moscow: Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008. pp. 21-13.

King Faisal. Personality. Era. Faith. 2009 (in print).

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