... somehow, gone radically wrong with the original concept of the idea’s and treaties laid down, by the founding fathers of the European Union – before and since the tearing down of the infamous Berlin Wall. Europe is under attack. And, it is not from ... ... however, Russia also has other partners to trade with – from South America and India and to the mightiest of them all…China. However, the West, I suggest, actually needs Russia, far more than Russia needs the West, in many respects. Especially ...
... exclusion of Russia from leading industrial countries would result into an almost unresolved conflict between Russia and NATO nations. The recent G-7 Summit, if seen in the perspective of bilateral economic and strategic developments between Russia and China, was expected to become instrumental for mounting extra-ordinary pressure on Russia. It was widely believed that this meeting was due to re-initiate the process of bi-polarizing world. President Vladimir Putin said in an interview before the inception ...
... Meanwhile, Asia, which has many more political contentions and far fewer mechanisms for resolving them, is concerned mostly with economic development and prosperity.
The rich potential of joint growth of Asian countries – from India to Japan and from China to Indonesia – is the subject of a study done by Timofei Bordachev, Anastasia Likhacheva and Zhang Xin. China’s strategy of turning from a “big state to a strong one” is discussed in Igor Denisov’s article. The author ...
... major custom for Ukraine defense export. Ukraine follows up the US-led sanctions on Russia, the economic hurting to Ukraine defense is limited, if Ukraine can guarantee Chinese order can be met in the following years. Maintaining the stable supply to China will be the way to approach China to balance Kremlin’s escalation. Unfortunately, the defense industrial bases are concentrate in the eastern regional in turmoil. In recent years, the capability-building of strategic project obviously has ...
Russia, China, the five members of European Union (France, Germany, the UK, Spain, and Italy) take the 66 percent of international arms transfer in the period of 2009~2013 (Siemon T. Wezeman, 2014). Compared with the 2004~2008, the percentage of arms importers of major weapon regional,...
... African countries complying with
certain political and economic conditions
. Washington plans to expand the Act, which has already helped
increase African trade
; as in 2011 the United States became
Africa's third largest trading partner
after the European Union and China.
The U.S.A. is worried by the growing clout of new actors on the continent and is working to counteract the process for protection of its own interests
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, among other things through its
African Command
set up in October 2008. This has been ...
Experts on Russia and Ukraine from a number of leading think tanks in China have kindly agreed to share their comments on the Ukrainian crisis, the implications of sanctions against Russia, Russian policies in this area, and the position of the Chinese government.
Jian Yi
, expert on Russian diplomacy:
Crimea’s independence ...
... Despite limited financial resources, Iceland intends to put the Arctic on the agenda of its foreign policy dialogue with the European Union and countries of Asia as well as strengthen economic and trade cooperation with its closest neighbors, the Faroe ... ... became particularly evident beginning in 2010.
The state visit of the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao to Iceland in April 2012 can be considered the start of the Reykjavik-Beijing strategic partnership in the Arctic....
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. Simon Lester. The Challenges of Negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Free Trade Bulletin, February 26, 2013.
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. Clyde Prestowitz. A Tale of Two Trade Deals: ...
