On July 30, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) and Asian Confluence (India) hosted a trilateral expert dialogue titled “Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Fresh Water Resources and Combating Water Pollution”
On July 30, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation ...
... withdrawal.
The NATO withdrawal creates significant hurdles for regional stability and a power vacuum in Central Asia. There are several players, both internal and external, who are seeking to fill the void left by the Americans and their allies. Pakistan, India, Iran, Turkey, China and Russia seem poised to play the next “
great game
” in the so-called “
graveyard of empires
”. Some of these states have a vested interest in the stability of Afghanistan to ensure regional security and foster economic ...
... his annual Federal Assembly address and the new National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation.
Protecting marine and fresh water resources as well as biodiversity is a key global interest. Russia shares it with South Asian countries, including India and Sri Lanka, notwithstanding geographic and socioeconomic differences that determine specific problems and priorities most relevant for each of the three countries. Exchanging experience and best national practices, as well as working out common ...
On June 23, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a webinar “Post-Covid Global and Regional Trends and Russia–India Relations.”
On June 23, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a webinar “Post-Covid Global and Regional Trends and Russia–India Relations.”
The event brought together both ...
... speaks to how they have been compelled by the circumstances to revise their grand strategic outlook.
The Eurasian “Balancing” Act
The arguably emerging NWO will be characterized by plenty of “balancing”, especially as regards Russian, Turkish, Indian, and Chinese grand strategies in Eurasia:
Russia
The Eurasian great power will seek to optimize its
Afro-Eurasian “balancing” act
between West and East, the former comprising the U.S./EU while the latter encompassing China vis-a-vis BRI; India ...
On May 28, 2021, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Venkatesh Varma, Indian Ambassador to Russia
On May 28, 2021, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Venkatesh Varma, Indian Ambassador to Russia. A wide range of issues related to bilateral Russian-Indian relations were discussed during the meeting,...
... and this trend is likely to continue in the near future. On the whole, the factors driving the Indo-Pacific strategy forward are clearly stronger than the constraints.
Prospects for the Squad-based Indo-Pacific
The political will of the U.S., Japan, India and Australia to foster the Indo-Pacific cooperation is increasing rather than weakening, which is the most important basis for further progress of the Indo-Pacific. Although the concept and objectives of the Indo-Pacific strategy of the four countries ...
Indian businesses are going global very actively and can serve as a springboard for Russian solutions to enter international markets
Much as for today’s Russia, digital transformation has been one of the priorities for India’s government, its entrepreneurs ...
N. Modi has enough time to restore the level of support and push the planned reforms forward.
May 2021 marks two years since Narendra Modi was re-elected as the prime minister of India. In total, the Indian leader has been in power at the national level for 7 years, since 2014. The new wave of the pandemic that has hit India interfered with the interim assessment of Narendra Modi’s second tenure as Prime Minister in a positive ...
Expanding Hard Power Footprint
The Mauritian government confirmed in a press release on 18 May that India is fully financing a new three-kilometer-long runway on the island of North Agalega where New Delhi has had a military base since 2015. Observers reported these construction efforts a few months ago, speculating on India’s strategic intentions....