... Asian Development Bank).
Thus, the initial stage of Russia’s policy on the Asia-Pacific track has been completed. Hosting the APEC Summit in Vladivostok in September 2012 has crowned these efforts.
In particular, the success of Russia’s foreign policy in the East has not only been the result of a comprehensive approach to use all major state resources, but even more so the result of skillful use of political and diplomatic prowess. Unfortunately, these political and diplomatic efforts ...
MOSCOW – During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and, in a milder way, the United States imposed external limits on the activities of states and societies, causing longstanding conflicts among smaller countries to be “frozen.” Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in the 1990’s, those conflicts began to “unfreeze.”
With interethnic tensions already on the rise, Yugoslavia was the first country to dissolve into conflict. Soon after, war broke out between Armenia...
... vast economic links. A localized conflict could emerge between China and the United States over Taiwan, and both parties have been quietly getting their armed forces ready for such a scenario and, going forward, for global rivalry. For domestic and foreign policy reasons Russia is currently gravitating towards a strategic partnership with China, both bilaterally and through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (also with Iran, Syria, Venezuela and Myanmar). Striving to consolidate its own international ...
... and Opportunities to Develop International Competitiveness
With this article of Alexander Dynkin, a member of Russian Academy of Science, we begin a new series of forecasts and policy proposals from leading Russian experts on key aspects of Russian foreign policy up to 2020.
Risks and Opportunities to Develop International Competitiveness
A noticeable drop in the European Union's economic performance in 2012
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has revived discussions of the outlook for the global economy in the coming decade....
The year 1913 figured as a sort of milestone for the Soviet Union and the world. Today, at the beginning of 2013, we too can sense future changes, but we are powerless to predict the path of history and we do not know where current events are taking us.
Not everyone believes in the significance of numbers. Nevertheless, it is interesting to contrast and compare dates as a historical exercise – dates one year, 10 years, 50 years, or even 100 years apart. Interestingly enough, parallels can almost...
In December 2012, RIAC’s
three-volume edition Russia’s Foreign Policy: 2000-2020
went out of print.
The collection includes:
- Analysis of Russia’s current foreign policies.
- 2012-2010 forecasts.
- Basic documents.
Volume 1 presents articles on current (2000-2011) relations of Russia with key global ...
... participation of the RIAC members
Report №4 / 2012
The purpose of the proposed Postulates is to give an overview of the current international position of Russia, sum up the threats and challenges facing the country, formulate the priorities of the Russian foreign policy for the next six years (2012-2018), and on this basis offer some practical steps towards meeting the foreign policy objectives in key areas.
The Postulates are designed to help promote a start of a fruitful expert discussion on the development ...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has had his hat in the political arena for almost 13 years now, during which time he has become not just a symbol of his country, but the personification of a certain type of politics. This is a product of an era of transition, both in Russia and in the world – a period when the political system of coordinates is in flux everywhere, traditional ideologies have been shaken, borders have become porous and blurred while new and puzzling dividing lines are...
