... orbited an automated freighter in 2003, followed by its first manned mission. The latter demonstrated Beijing’s capability of delivering an intercontinental nuclear charge. China’s achievements catalyzed the space programs of other countries, from India and Brazil to New Zealand and Iran.
Washington reacted nervously to Beijing’s progress. On January 14, 2004, the George W. Bush administration announced a new space exploration program that involved expedited research of Solar System planets and ...
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Third, Russian foreign policy will be inextricably linked to the goals and needs of the country’s domestic development in terms of its social, economic and technological spheres. All of the major international players, including the US, EU, China and India, currently have domestic development as their ultimate priority, and Russia is no exception. There are very active and sometimes emotional discussions inside the country about the future of the national economy, and the range of opinions is very ...
... interest in a changing world.
Sergei Karaganov spoke to Indrani Bagchi about his country’s changed relationship with China and its endeavour to balance its interest in a changing world.
The evolving Russia-China relationship appears to be of concern to India. How do you see it, and how will it affect India?
India has to understand that by virtue of both history and geography China is our closest neighbour. We have to have good relations with them. Our relationship with India is not dependent on our ...
On February 26, 2018, news agency Rossiya Segodnya hosted a Russian-Indian conference on education issues, organized by the Embassy of India in Moscow.
The purpose of the event is to find ways for increasing Russia-India interaction by enhancing cooperation in education. Heads and representatives of the leading Russian ...
According to the new findings of the ongoing research project, Asian investors continue to increase direct investments in the EAEU. During the monitoring period (2008–2016), FDI stock originating from 12 Asian countries (China, Japan, Turkey, India, Israel, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Singapore, and Vietnam) has increased from $32 billion in 2008 to $75.6 billion in the beginning of 2017.
China continues to expand its economic presence in EAEU countries and other ...
... take any military action. It is also using its nuclear capability claims, to threaten Japan and South Korea and blackmail the US to talk without preconditions.
Pakistan
Pakistan has also been using this Nuclear Blackmailing/Dissuasion Theory against India for quite some time. It acquired nuclear and missile capability from some country/countries, which must have violated NPT at that time, and the world community ignored it. Today, Pakistan is hosting and training a maximum number of terrorist organisations ...
The US now realizes that OBOR as being a vehicle by which Beijing can catalyze an irreversible change in the strategic balance of power of new trade routes and markets. By prioritizing India in South Asian region negating Pakistan’s numerous efforts in Afghanistan would further deteriorate the regional stability. India’s stance on CPEC that it passes through the disputed territories recently obtained support by US and now Afghanistan ...
Creation of Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) was an attempt to carry the perennial fight against nuclear proliferation. Group was created in 1974 when India steadily carried out the nuclear explosion which irreversibly changed the strategic environment in South Asia. Now, Indian inclusion in this group is receiving the close review of analysts and strategists. Primarily, NSG was formed to prevent the ...
... International Affairs Council held a traditional “urban breakfast” — Úrbi et órbi — at Dostoyevsky library. Gleb Ivashentsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member, and Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Russia-India Project Coordinator, made lectures on the common topic «70 Years of Russia-India Relations: What’s Next?»
On October 19, 2017, Russian International Affairs Council held a traditional “urban breakfast” — Úrbi et órbi — at Dostoyevsky ...
On October 12–13, 2017, Moscow hosted international conference “Strategic Visions of Russia-India Relations and Changes in the World Order”, organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA).
On October 12–13, 2017, Moscow hosted international conference “Strategic Visions of Russia-India ...