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None of this means, however, that the numerous dialogue mechanisms that exist in the Asia-Pacific region are purely imitative and decorative in nature. They perform an important... ... protection from Chinese assertiveness, at least to the extent possible.
Anton Tsvetov:
ASEAN and Russia Look to Achieve Their Full Potential
In the coming years, these alternative... ... around all sorts of ‘Indo-Pacific’ initiatives and platforms. The revived U.S.–Japan–Australia–India quadrilateral dialogue - no doubt aimed at new and better...
... that China is emerging (or, possibly, has already emerged) as such a rival.
Game plan
REUTERS/Tim Kelly
Nikolai Murashkin:
Japan–US Union and Southeast Asia: Getting
closer to cement the status quo?
The Asia–Pacific Region is not running ... ... mentally prepare for such a choice, which would be inevitable
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Will NATO pass the China test?
Salvatore Babones:
The Asia-Pacific: More Stable than Anyone Thinks
Will Europeans show their solidarity with Washington in case of a possible US–China ...
... this, the Russian government reactivated the suspended project for a national electronic payments system, broadly analogous to Japan's JCB. The French government has postponed its decision as regards the Mistral ships which France is building for the Russian ... ... Barack Obama that, even under the current circumstances, a Japan-Russia rapprochement will actually benefit U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific.
South Korea is another potential purveyor of technology and investment to Russia—and another U.S. ally. The ...
