... political battle among leading powers has started to unfold over the issue, including within the United Nations.
Is there cause for concern here? Could a conflict between both Koreas that is capable of drawing the world’s leading powers of China, Japan and Russia in erupt on Russia’s doorstep? Could such a conflict involve weapons of mass destruction?
Today, we can make the rather paradoxical assertion that the Korean peninsula is one of the most predictable regions in the world (compared ...
... the United States, Britain, China and France…
Question:
With the right to veto?
Sergey Lavrov:
As I’ve already said, India and Brazil are making claims to this status and we consider them fully worthy and very strong rivals. Germany and Japan are also making claims to this status. The Four have launched a serious campaign to support their claims and applications, and urge others to vote for this from time to time. The UN Charter requires that such issues be resolved by two thirds of ...
... Sergey Lavrov’s article for Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Renmin Ribao, 24 August 2015
The current year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. This anniversary has special significance for Russia and China. Our countries fought Nazism and Japanese militarism together, they bore the brunt of the aggression and sustained the greatest casualties. The unprecedented courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the mobilisation of all forces, enabled our nations to hold out during that terrible battle ...
On 13 July 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a legislation establishing Vladivostok Free Port. One of effects of the new law is the introduction of the on-arrival visa regime in Vladivostok. This can promote tourism from Japan.
The City of Vladivostok is a jewel in the Far East. Every Japanese visitor is impressed by the fact that there is an authentic European city so close to Japan. It takes only two and half hours' flight from Tokyo-Narita Airport to Vladivostok....
... reported in the press last week that Dmitry Medvedev would be paying a visit to the Kuril Islands, a move that has received harsh criticism in Tokyo. All this is unfolding against the background of President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Japan. RIAC expert and Head of the Department of Oriental Studies at MGIMO-University
Dmitry Streltsov
discusses whether the two sides will be able to resolve the issue of disputed territories.
What can you tell us about Dmitry Medvedev’s upcoming ...
Why Shinzo Abe’s rule does not close the window of opportunity in Russian-Japanese relations
Notwithstanding the Japanese prime minister’s expected absence on Red Square on Victory Day, the end of May 2015 was marked by intensified contacts between Moscow and Tokyo. Both sides gave signals towards resuming the dialogue,...
Sovereignty, Power and Domestic Governance
On 8 July 1853, the U.S. Navy commander Matthew Perry, accompanying combat-ready fleets, suddenly showed up at the Bay of Tokyo and forcefully demanded the opening-up of Japan. At the time, the future of Japan was at a crossroad: our choices were either to become the West’s colony or a full-fledged empire on equal footing with the West. Japan chose the latter, the revolution prevailed, and the imperial path followed....
... Reunification?
June 25 will mark 65 years to the day that the Korean War began. And its painful consequences can still be felt today. The line drawn in 1945 across the 38th parallel to delimit the zone where the Soviet and U.S. armed forces accepted Japan’s capitulation to end the Second World War continues to separate the two Koreas – the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the Republic of Korea to the south – seven decades later. On both sides of the demilitarized ...
In late May 2015, President Vladimir Putin of Russia was reported to have received an invitation to visit Japan in June 2015 to discuss the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The historical dispute over the South Kuril Islands has been simmering for more than 50 years, since the end of WWII. Will 2015 see a breakthrough in the Russia–Japan relationship ...
... put in doubt, but the war itself led to the proclamation of India’s independence.
It is the last aspect which attracts the Indian public most. In this respect there is especial interest in the actions of the Indian National Army, which fought on Japan’s side.
In September 1939 India was declared a belligerent state by Great Britain. The British Indian Army underwent a major expansion and fought in South Asia and on other fronts. The threat of a Japanese invasion of India led to military ...
