... knowledge-rich nations (KRN), which are primarily out of tune, seem to have lost their melodies?
What has happened over the past few decades that has allowed knowledge-rich nations, predominantly in the West, to fall behind the population-rich nations, mainly in Asia? What are their respective powers and weaknesses, and who is more trade commerce savvy, and who is more swayed into Fakery and Wokeism?
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Over the last decade, Expothon has highlighted critical issues regarding how the Knowledge-Rich ...
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- 08.09.2025 13:32:30
Authors: Eugene Kornov, Master’s degree student, Basic Department of Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University
Sophie Klimova, Master’s degree student, Basic Department of Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Faculty ...
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- 27.06.2025 14:53:41
Central Asia in the age of digital technologies finds itself between two megaprojects of China and the European Union as the Russian Empire and British Empire in the XIX century competed for this one of the most landlocked regions of the world. The victory of ...
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- 04.04.2024 18:13:04
... the ships over camels in the XVI century was not the only decisive factor of the transformation in global trade. It was the matter of security along with the unstable and more complicated conditions on the Silk Road that contributed to the decline of Asian-centered trade.
From the point of geopolitical theory, it is natural that a superpower struggles to protect its key trade roads to support its economic stability. In retrospect, since the beginning of the Silk Road trade, the central parts of the ...
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- 20.02.2024 13:00:31
... now slowly dissolving, and the sphere of influence of the self-proclaimed “Western community of values” is being minimized. In the East, where the sun rises, and thus hope, new spheres of power and influence are rising too – the powerhouse Eurasia is awakening. More and more countries are wishing to join the BRICS alliance, which has long been a sleepy nexus, and thus, together with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the so-called developing and emerging countries are becoming increasingly ...
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- 19.06.2023 17:46:39
We in Asia have been oppressed by some of the Western nations for over 500 years. Colonised by force, had our assets stolen and were basically the “Coolies” of these Western nations – primarily some of the EU nations like United Kingdom, the ...
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- 09.12.2015 23:11:00
... fundamental principles of the present international order. But Beijing does so much more intelligently than Moscow.
In May this year Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov announced that Russia will participate in joint naval drills with its Asia-Pacific allies (most likely China, among others) in the South China Sea in May 2016. How do you see Russia's potential participation playing into the overall dynamics of the region?
There always has been a Russian naval presence in Asia-Pacific,...
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- 04.08.2015 14:27:00
The emergence of Asian regional free trade agreement negotiations such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) of 12 Pacific Rim countries, APEC’s Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), and ASEAN’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ...
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- 09.07.2015 11:44:00
Moscow has been moving closer to Beijing in the last couple of years and making a concerted effort to “pivot to Asia” in light of Russia’s deteriorating relations with the West. While other powers in the Asia-Pacific region such as U.S. and Japan have had a strategic interest in cross-strait relations (i.e. relations between China and Taiwan), Russia ...
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- 30.06.2015 16:52:00
