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Given the rapidly developing situation in Ukraine and the sweeping sanctions aimed at derailing Russia’s economy, Moscow has been mulling over its opportunities of making another pivot to the so-called Global East. Most of the Asia-Pacific forms an integral part of the mentioned area. The goal of this piece is to determine the tendencies intrinsic to this shift in Russian foreign policy and evaluate Russia’s resources in this direction, specifically focusing on the role of ...
Possible options for peace agreements between Moscow and Kiev were also discussed
On April 6, 2022, at the residence of Australian Ambassador to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with diplomats from the Asia-Pacific countries on the consequences of Russia's special military operation on the territory of Ukraine for security and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Possible options for peace agreements between Moscow and Kiev were also discussed....
..., visa and other kinds of sanctions clearly demonstrate Tokyo’s commitment to the path charted by Washington and its allies. However, there have come to light some more dangerous trends—ones that could disrupt the fragile balance of power in the Asia-Pacific, causing a “wave” of instability with consequences that are difficult to predict.
Nuclear Communards
Andrey Gubin:
The Indo-Pacific Conundrum: Why U.S. Plans Are Destined to Fail
In late February 2022, former Prime Minister of
Japan ...
On November 10, 2021, the European External Action Service delegation, headed by Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, and Tomas Niklasson, the EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, visited Russian International Affairs Council
On November 10, 2021, the European External Action Service delegation, headed by Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, and Tomas Niklasson, the EU Special...
... including politics, security, economy, science and technology, environment, public health, infrastructure construction, connectivity, etc. The emergence of such a framework can have a deconstructive impact on the existing multilateral mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific. It also enables the United States, Japan, India and Australia to have a dominant mechanism in the affairs of the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.
There is no doubt that the main target of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is China, and the ...
The factors driving the Indo-Pacific strategy forward are clearly stronger than the constraints
After the U.S. has put forward its Asia-Pacific strategy in 2017, many commentators believed that the concept was artificial and lacking in political foundation, concluding therefore that it would not take off. However, contrary to this prediction, the development of the Indo-Pacific strategy ...
Experience shows that one can and should negotiate with China, no matter how harsh the talks might seem
More often than not, China is billed as the driver of post-pandemic global growth and recovery. This claim is not entirely groundless. In addition to combating the pandemic quite successfully, China demonstrated
18.3%
GDP growth by the end of the first quarter of 2021, as compared to the first quarter of 2020. Given the current circumstances, there are now concerns that China will have no serious...
... Director of Programs, set a stage for a fruitful discussion in his introductory remarks by posing systemic questions related to the regional context.
The discussion gathered distinguished experts of the field. Alexander Gabuev, Chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center, and Anna Kireeva, Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies and Research Fellow at the Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects, MGIMO University, represented ...
Keeping a low profile does not necessarily mean indifference
Troubled waters in South China Sea
The waters of the South China Sea are troubled. The latest weeks have not been that quiet in that geopolitical area. On the one side, the
Spratly Islands continue to be under the spotlight
, as Chinese vessels have been detected by the Philippines within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). On the other side, Manila’s coast guard has lately been engaged in a
naval drill
in the disputed waters. President...
... into a broader regional context. During the main session Ekaterina Koldunova, Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies and Acting Director of the ASEAN Centre, MGIMO University, and Anastasia Pyatachkova, Deputy Head of the Asia-Pacific Department at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics, spoke from the Russian side. The Korean side was represented by Beom Shik Shin, Director of the Center for Eurasian & Central Asian ...
