... trade and economic relations has long been at the forefront of official negotiations between Russia and Mongolia. The negative impact of ruptured economic ties in the 1990s had lingered for decades and turned painful as Mongolia’s economic ties with China strengthened. Although Russia currently ranks as Mongolia’s second-largest foreign trade partner, it accounts for only 10.2% of Mongolia’s total foreign trade, with China’s share at 72.4%. While Russia’s role in Mongolia’s imports is large ...
... Asia is perceived to be big enough to accommodate everybody, including powerful external actors.
For India
, the real challenge to Asian security comes not from the remote United States or the North Atlantic Alliance, but rather from the neighboring China, which allegedly displays a clear intention to become the continental, if not the global hegemonic power, pursuing the goal of constructing “a uni-polar Asia in a multi-polar world”.
Though specific US attempts to put together various multilateral ...
... supplying large amounts of the military hardware and ammunition to Moscow. Many politicians and analysts suggest that the emerging partnership between Moscow and Pyongyang creates new significant problems not only for the West or for Ukraine, but also for China: from now on Beijing will find it more difficult to exercise any political pressure on North Korea, because the latter will use its newly established links to Moscow as a tool to lessen its dependence on Beijing.
Let us have a closer look at what ...
On October 29, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted presentation of its tenth annual “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: 2024 model” report. The publication was prepared in partnership with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Institute of International Studies of Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
On October 29, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted presentation of its tenth ...
... cooperation within BRICS will grow and interactions among member countries will increase. The meeting signifies the beginning of a new chapter of South-South cooperation led by a stronger BRICS, with its elevated global economic influence and appeal. China, as the largest economy within the group, will play a more pivotal role in promoting BRICS cooperation and push to enhance South-South cooperation.
Earlier this year, BRICS witnessed its largest enlargement, with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United ...
... “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: 2024 model” roundtable was held at the Rossiya Segodnya Agency Press Centre. The event was attended by Andrey Kortunov, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Kirill Babaev, Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), RIAC member, Xu Changzhi, Deputy Secretary General of the Council for Strategic Cooperation between China and Russia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Artem Pylin,...
Offshore Energy Potential in the South China Sea
The South China Sea, long a hotbed of territorial disputes, has entered a new phase of tension with Malaysia, stepping up its oil and gas exploration despite mounting pressure from China. This move highlights the significance of the region’s ...
... different. Analyzing the crises unfolding across the global geopolitical landscape, the discordant notes of the past emerge on the horizon, revealing that the current global security environment is reminiscent of the Warring States Period in ancient China or the Thirty Years War in Central Europe. These and other historical conflicts led to the development of new foreign policy principles that are centered around the concept of “sovereignty”, as established by the Peace of Westphalia. In the ...
Developing a new, understandable language of “sustainable security” in Eurasia, thanks to which everyone will be able to contribute to solving and anticipating common problems in their own way, is necessary
Interaction with China remains one of the most stable and reliable elements for Russia’s foreign policy. The trusting relationship between the leaders of the two countries contributes to the development of a political dialogue in regular high-level meetings and joint ...
... contradictions impeding the new world order’s formation.
In the fall of 2024, such an understanding is in need of correction.
First,
regarding nuclear weapons. It is not that they have ceased to function as a deterrent. Their possession by Russia, China—and to some extent Israel—does deter those states’ adversaries from actions that they would likely otherwise take to achieve success. But the Ukraine conflict has forced the world to reconsider the limits of nuclear deterrence, i.e., to define ...
