Region: East Asia and the Asia-Pacific

With cooperation and pragmatic diplomacy, Eurasia can shape a more resilient and interconnected future in an increasingly multipolar world

The globalization of NATO will only largely occur at the level of high political rhetoric

The U.S. adoption of an early 20th-century approach to international economics and geoeconomics—characterized by the implementation of protectionist measures rather than free trade—stands as the most prominent symbolic sign of the nation’s retreat from global economic leadership

RIAC Report #98

Russia and China have provided an example of how it is possible, while remaining committed to international institutions and law, to support the most important trends in the development of international politics

In many ways, Brussels and Beijing face similar challenges coming from Washington

In Paris the European Union managed to find a mutually acceptable compromise with the Global South, India turned out to be able to overcome its frictions with China, and only the US and the UK preferred to challenge the emerging global AI consensus

China seeks to give more than it takes

Policies like “small yard, high fence” cannot hinder China's pace of innovation and development, nor are closed and exclusionary measures a sustainable solution

On February 28 – March 1, 2025 the 3rd International Conference “China-Russia Sanya Dialogue” was held in Sanya, China. For the first time, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) organized the forum along with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, and the China Public Diplomacy Association

If China has entered a period of economic stagnation, the leadership or government will remain patient and remind people of their collective mission to restore the prosperity and brightness of China, using political and psychological means

In parrying these security threats, it is important for Russia not to engage in a quantitative and tit-for-tat arms race but to respond asymmetrically, a strategy that has often proven successful in the past