The current issue of IMEMO’s series “Global Development” is based on the agenda of the eponymous International conference of young scholars, which was held at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (April 21, 2017). Among the participants were researchers from IMEMO, universities and think tanks from Moscow, St-Petersburg, as well as experts from Germany, Switzerland and the USA. The articles in the collection examine various strategies towards the Greater Middle East – questions of security, anti-terrorism and state building. Attention is also paid to the migration crisis in Central and West Europe after the crisis in the Middle East. This edition is intended for researchers, political and economic analysts, high-school teachers, post-graduate students and all those interested in world economy and international relations.