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On March 26-27, 2014 RIAC hosted an international conference “ Russia-Japan Confidence-Building Measures: Politics, Economics and Security ” with participation of experts on Russian-Japanese relations from both countries, and representatives of the Tokyo Foundation, Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, Russian ...
... against Russia by targeting a bank. Half a million Russian MasterCard/Visa cardholders were immediately affected. Responding to this, the Russian government reactivated the suspended project for a national electronic payments system, broadly analogous to Japan's JCB. The French government has postponed its decision as regards the Mistral ships which France is building for the Russian Navy. It may well be that that order will be canceled. Ukraine, faced with the prospect of losing the special gas price ...
... important regions in modern global nuclear policy. It is home to three legal nuclear powers (the United States, Russia and China), one illegal nuclear power (North Korea), and countries with a closed nuclear fuel cycle and developed civil nuclear power (Japan and South Korea). This makes Northeast Asia a region of crucial significance for Russia's nuclear strategy. Regional Trends In the next decade, Russia’s nuclear policy in the Asia-Pacific region will be shaped by the following factors. Firstly,...
Interview Japan as of late has demonstrated an upsurge in nationalism, together with a gradual rejection of its policy of ‘pacifism’. On 7 February 2014, when Japan celebrated “Northern Territories Day”, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for ...
Proactive Pacifism: a Path to a Normal State? On the eve of 2014 Japan’s government, for the first time in many years, adopted a package of policy documents on national security – marking a substantive shift in defense strategy, giving it a new conceptual basis in the wake of increased political tensions ...
Interview with Irina Timonina Interview One year has passed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took up his new economic policy, already labeled Abenomics, which was meant to make a landmark along the path to the revival of Japan's economy. We asked Irina Timonina , Doctor of Economics, Dean of International Relations Department at Institute for Business and Business Administration of Presidential Academy of Economy and Business Administration and Professor at MSU Institute ...
... country's security early warning system, which was initiated by the US and Canada in the 1950s amid the East-West military confrontation. Air defense identification zones now surround much of North America, and more than 20 countries and regions, including Japan, South Korea and the Philippines, have established such zones. Rules for the zones vary from country to country, but all have the same defensive nature. Yes, that is correct. He has nicely pointed out the fact that it was the Americans who started ...
On October 25, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Member Dmitry Trenin held a meeting with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine, which was also attended by the officials of the European Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry of Japan and Japanese embassy to Moscow. The participants discussed various aspects of Russia's foreign ...
Do the peace talks between Japan and Russia, reopened in March 2013 by Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin, have any chance of success? A window of opportunity has indeed opened for an historic rapprochement between Russia and Japan. The two countries have converging strategies and interests ...
Everybody wonders why I decided to live and work in Moscow. The first question I receive from new friends and colleagues here is always, Why Russia? Why leaving Japan behind? Why not enjoying lake and chocolate in Switzerland? Some think that I am very much fond of snow and cold weather. I am not. The others guess that maybe I am a vodka-lover. Well, maybe, sometimes yes. But it is not these allusions or fascination ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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