Any growth in China’s role in the international financial system will depend on the successful promotion of a conceptual alternative to the current GFA model
At the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United States laid the foundation for the U.S.-centric international ...
... Research Fellow, Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Manager and Alevtina Larionova, RIAC Program Coordinator.
During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation plans for 2020, including the organization of the Sixth International Conference “Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era,” as well as the current state and topical issues of the development of Russian-Chinese relations.
... December 4, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) hosted a round table discussion related to “The Future of Eurasia: Mapping out Concepts, Practices for Possible Russia-EU-China Cooperation” in the framework of Russia-EU-China-Central Asia Strategic Dialogue on Connectivity
On December 4, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) hosted a round ...
... and desire of Central Asian states for greater strategic manoeuvre highlight the Eurasian churnings that New Delhi will need to navigate. This is, arguably, reflected in the geopolitics of the multiple ambitious integration projects being pursued by China, Russia, U.S. and even India. While integration is viewed as an antidote to Central Asia's underdevelopment, which in turn contributes to the region's political volatility and instability, yet their underlying agendas can have far-reaching strategic ...
Interview with Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute
In an interview for the RIAC, Richard Weitz spoke about the fate of the New START Treaty, China’s stance towards international agreements regulating arms control and the extent of Russia-China military cooperation.
What measures do you think Russia and the U.S. should take upon the expiration of the New START Treaty?
Lecture by Richard Weitz ...
Containing China has become an agenda in its own right for the United States, increasing the risk of sanctions and China’s retaliation
Introduction
For quite a long time Asia occupied a special place in international sanctions policy. Most of the restrictive ...
... assistance of Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany), a closed seminar was held for members of the German Bundestag and other parliamentarians from the European Union. The seminar focused on EU political strategy regarding key external partners — Russia, China, and Turkey — in the context of recent elections to the European Parliament and leadership changes in the European External Action Service.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the participants of the seminar.
... others? These are the questions addressed in the RAND think tank's recent
report
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Fighting Shadows in the Dark. Understanding and Countering Coercion in Cyberspace
". The authors discuss cyber operations conducted by four states — Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — and try to determine whether those activities amounted to cyber coercion.
Starting with the study findings, we will highlight the following points. Cyber operations intended to coerce are a small subset of overall cyber ...
... position is on its rise.
If one looks at U.S. bilateral relations with other countries, the overall picture seems the same. The United States is very inconsistent in its policies towards North Korea, the Middle East (predominantly Syria, Turkey and Iran), China, Venezuela, and Ukraine. And this inconsistency doesn’t seem to be a part of a grand strategy defined within the laws of “realpolitik”, where actions change and fluctuate in accordance with the situation at hand, but more a proof of cluelessness ...
On November 7, 2019, Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute, delivered a public lecture at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The speech focused on: “No Love Triangle Russia-USA-China: What Can We Expect from Our Partners?”.
On November 7, 2019, Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute, delivered a public lecture at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The speech ...