Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)10799ARTICLESСТАТЬИPersonalRussian Tradition of Arabic Studies. Interview with Isaev V.A., Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of ScienceТрадиции отечественной арабистики. Интервью с Владимиром Исаевым, Институт востоковедения РАНTyukaevaTat'yana IrshatovnaТюкаеваТатьяна ИршатовнаБеседовала Татьяна Тюкаеваtatyana-tyukaeva@yandex.ruРоссийский университет дружбы народов150320143Middle East: Geopolitics, Energy, “Arab Spring”Ближний Восток: геополитика, энергетика, «арабская весна»17718609092016Copyright ©; 2014, Tyukaeva T.I.Copyright ©; 2014, Тюкаева Т.И.2014Tyukaeva T.I.Тюкаева Т.И.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10799The Middle East and North Africa region remains the epicenter of world political processes, drawing attention of the main world powers. Thus, the Arab spring has become an important factor for social and political transformation of the region, and at the same time signaled the necessity for the experts in Arab studies to review the existing approaches in their research. Russian scholar Vladimir Aleksandrovich Isaev, in his turn, believes that the most urgent problem in Arabic studies in Russia today is the lack of inflow of younger experts, which will inevitably lead to its decay - and, consequently, cause problems for Russian policy in the region.Middle East and North AfricaArab studies in RussiaArab spring