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Working Paper 21/2015 The working paper is devoted to the activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), its influence on the Central Asian region, adjacent areas and states. Its relevance derives from the national security interests of Russia and the Central Asian region, connected to the need to develop and adopt a long-term SCO Development Strategy ...
... institute Vladimir Matveyev and Xiamen University professor Larisa Smirnova . The event was moderated by RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov and attended by Mikhail Konarovsky , leading researcher of MGIMO Center for East Asian Studies and SCO, senior researcher of the Center Igor Denisov , Center Deputy Head Anatoly Klimenko , as well as working paper coauthors Dr. Luzyanin and Dr. Matveyev. The analysts discussed the SCO role in the modern system of international relations, key challenges ...
A Russian expert on international politics and foreign policy said NATO-member Turkey cannot be granted membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as the main purpose of the SCO is to establish an alternative security bloc to NATO. Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the journal “Russia in Global Affairs” and honorary chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense ...
... reaction can we expect from other countries? These are some of the questions we put to Sergey Luzyanin , PhD in History, Deputy Director of RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Director of the Center for Strategic Problems of Northeast Asia and the SCO, and Professor of Oriental Studies Chair at MGIMO University. The concept of the Great Silk Road economic beltway, proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013, implies that in terms of economy and integration, China regards Central Asia within a much ...
... Zhao Huirong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Song Bo of the Tsinghua University and Qian Longlong and Ni Guoyuan, both CPAFFC officers. The Russian team included key experts from RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, MGIMO-University, Moscow Aviation Institute, I.V.Arkhipov Foundation for Economic Cooperation in Russian-Chinese Relations, and the Institute for Russian-Chinese Strategic Interaction. Opened by RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov and moderated by Deputy Director ...
... On September 12, 2014, the capital of Tajikistan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit, which saw the signing of the Dushanbe Declaration, outlining the current problems the organization faces and goals set. We met former SCO Deputy Secretary General Vladimir Zakharov , currently Senior Lecturer at the HSE School for Oriental Studies, and asked him how he sees the alliance’s goals and future given the regional difficulties. Dr. Zakharov, how would you sum up the ...
Interview with Ambassador Vitaly Vorobyov Interview We met with Vitaly Vorobyov, SCO Advisor and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to discuss the potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in resolving problems of regional security, its role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of ISAF, the Silk Way project ...
... we have seen that Pakistan and Russia held talks on security cooperation, especially against groups in the North Caucasus and Pakistan which could be inter-connected through ties with the global Al Qaeda (3). There must be concerted efforts between Moscow and Islamabad to tackle this core issue and find out the origin of these militant organizations. Patterns show that these terrorist organizations have indirectly provided justifications for US military interventions around the world. A panacea for ...
Interview with Vyacheslav Trubnikov Interview The withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan scheduled for 2014 will be the SCO's main challenge in the short term. It can be addressed by expanding the organization. IMEMO Board of Directors member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia and RIAC member Vyacheslav Trubnikov shares his insights on the prospects ...
On September 24-25, the first meeting of think tanks from countries of NATO, European Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bucharest. Organized by the German Marshall Fund and EURISC Foundation , the meeting gathered over 150 participants, with Russia represented by RIAC and the Far East Federal University. The speakers underlined that the shift of attention to the human dimension in international security is a natural trend caused by radical changes in global politics and civil...
| 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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