On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Opening speeches were...
... region have always attracted the international community to interact, even despite existing political differences.
In 2008, New Zealand
became
the first developed country with a Western liberal political system to enter into a free trade agreement with China. Then New Zealand became the first “western” country to join the Chinese BRI initiative (2014) and enter into an interaction with Asia Infrastructure Bank [
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]. In the same year, China and New Zealand entered into a strategic partnership agreement,...
In order to put its relations with China back on track, the US political establishment will have to go through a complete generational change
Presidential election campaigns in the US usually have a detrimental impact on the consistency of US foreign policy. This is because the national ...
... better to refuse an agreement than to remain tied to an unprofitable one
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, what began as a health crisis soon turned into an economic and social emergency. In view of the growing rivalry between the United States and China, the pandemic poses a threat to the western economic liberal model and risks jeopardizing the world geopolitical order itself. The gap between the two superpowers is such that some media outlets started ironizing about the advent of a possible new ...
... military capabilities in recent years, especially in the field of missiles and drones, there is still an urgent need for development.
The fourth goal aims to develop, through arms interactions, military-political cooperation with countries such as Russia, China, as well as others in the region. Iran, Russia, and China held joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman late last year. Furthermore, Iran-Russia military cooperation in Syria and Iran's security-military cooperation with Iraq,...
For the foreseeable future, Russian-Chinese relations are likely to be closer, and more productive than Russian-American ones. This is not based on emotions, but on national interests
The sudden deterioration of US-China relations to the level of confrontation is perhaps the most important geopolitical development that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It appears that a point of no return has been reached. What started as a trade war and a conflict over intellectual ...
... of fighting the epidemic. At the end of the day, firing at the “regime” means firing at the “people”. We should also bear in mind that the help in fighting the epidemic provided by the countries hit by the sanctions, such as Russia, Cuba and China, to the initiators of the sanctions will not make the latter lift the sanctions afterwards.
In other words, COVID-19 does little to change the way the sanctions are applied in practice. They remain an instrument of coercion and pressure which is ...
On July 7, 2020, Rossiya Segodnya’s International Multimedia Press Center hosted a roundtable on Russia–China relations
On July 7, 2020, Rossiya Segodnya’s International Multimedia Press Center hosted a roundtable on Russia–China relations. “
Russia–China Dialogue: The 2020 Model
” sixth annual joint report by Russian International Affairs Council ...
... Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), organizes an open video seminar on Russia’s presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via Zoom broadcasting to RIAC website. The event will bring together leading experts from Russia, Pakistan, and China.
The objective of the workshop is to explore the opportunities for strengthening coordination among the SCO member states and to discuss the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship of the Organization.
Programme
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Speakers:
Andrey Kortunov, Director ...
On July 6, 2020, Grandview Institution in cooperation with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a online-seminar titled “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on International Order in the Perspective of China-US and Russia-US Relations”
On July 6, 2020, Grandview Institution in cooperation with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a online-seminar titled “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on International Order in the Perspective ...