... with Moscow to the same extent as some Republicans were (e.g. late Senator John McCain). Joe Biden is more likely to focus on the transatlantic relations that were seriously damaged by his predecessor. Another burning matter is a trade agreement with China: it will not end the US-Chinese economic or technological competition, but can at least help to prevent a full-fledged trade war between Washington and Beijing. In sum, Biden can allow himself to put most of the Russia files on a back burner, with ...
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years, with US and China increasingly likely to compete in advancing their models of mega-regional integration projects. Globalization is coming back and this time it is back on a mega-regional scale, writes Yaroslav Lissovolik, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion ...
... coalitions of diverse stakeholders to make any tangible progress. Private-public partnerships should become common practices in various multilateral arrangements.
Andrey Kortunov, Zhao Huasheng:
The Coming Bipolarity and Its Implications: Views from China and Russia
In sum, if multilateral practices are to survive in years to come, they will survive in the format of ad hoc multilateralism or project-based multilateralism. Project-based multilateralism will become as common in the international relations ...
... range of issues from missile defense, intermediate-range missiles, hypersonics and potential space weapons. For this reason, Russia has offered to extend the treaty’s term for up to five years “without pre-conditions.”
The United States wants China to be part of any new START negotiations, but Antonov said Beijing is “not happy with such an invitation.” The ambassador said Moscow wants the United Kingdom and France, both nuclear powers and NATO members, to be involved if the talks are ...
... 2020, the competition between the largest technology leaders has only intensified. COVID-19 is hardly a direct cause of increased competition. However, it was in 2020 that it reached a fundamentally new level.
Ivan Danilin:
A New Stage in the U.S.–China Tech War: Huawei and Other U.S. Targets
The main opponents in the technology race today are China and the United States. The telecommunications industry is at the forefront of this competition. At the same time, it should be seen in the context ...
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”.
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, ...
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On December 2, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted an online round table titled “Future of the International System: Chinese and Russian Visions.” The event aimed to assess the current international environment for Russia and China, highlight their systemic roles and try to extrapolate the existing trends into the future.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Zhao Huasheng, Professor at the Institute of International Studies of Fudan University, delivered opening remarks....
... in Russian media is positive or neutral with a few security and economic concerns, either written by Russian or Chinese authors. More concretely, first,
Kang
,
Ravitsky
,
Smirnova
,
Qin
and
Xie
argue that Russia recognizes the power and plans of China to realize its rejuvenation and enhance international influence, and Russia plays a key role in the BRI.
Russia–China Dialogue: The 2020 Model
Second,
Kang
,
Li, Yan
,
Ravitsky
,
Yilmaz
,
Liu
,
Smirnova
and
Xie
believe that the two governments ...
... years. Beijing is interested in this territory because of the lack of infrastructure and the prevailing corruption, which allows Chinese companies to offer all types of partnerships in exchange for various counterparts.
In 2015, the Chinese company SOE China Shipping Container Lines launched container transport services in the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti — the country's only harbour accessible to Black Sea vessels — via the Danube, after signing a terminal services agreement with the national ...
A summary of Sino-Russian relations underlines the pragmatism of the partnership
China and the Soviet Union/Russia, as two geographical neighbours, have interactions with great breadth, depth, and complexity. More concretely, the bilateral relations have a huge impact on the domestic affairs and diplomacy of two countries. In the ...
