... has been stepped up to launch direct railway service to Iran towards India and the Persian Gulf region via Azerbaijan.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) Commission and Beijing are discussing concrete ways to integrate the Silk Road project with the EEU and create a non-preferential free trade area between the Eurasian Economic Union and China. A similar agreement has been signed with Vietnam. Almost forty other countries are wishing to set up such areas with the EEU.
A series of agreements between Japan and Russia on economic cooperation in the Far East and on Kurile Islands became ...
On October 20, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation held a roundtable “Realities and Prospects for Convergence of SREB and EEU. Joint efforts to establish a Big Eurasian Partnership.”
RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of China to Russia Mr. Li Hui, and Director of the Integration Development Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Sergey Shukhno delivered welcoming remarks at the event.
The discussion was moderated by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov....
... initiative.
The Working Paper covers the economic interests and presence of Russia and China in the region, and compares their resources for ensuring security. Special attention is paid to the possible cooperation between the two powers in tying together the EEU and the SREB. The authors suggest several promising formats and areas which are in the best interests of both Russia and China, and, first and foremost, in the best interests of the Central Asian states themselves.
Prospects for Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Central Asia
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The President of the Russian Federation’s recent
visit
to China was one of the most successful Russia–China top-level meetings in terms of practical content. The visit was also notable for the unusually high level of thinly disguised anti-American rhetoric on both sides and the adoption of an important ...
On 30-31 May 2016 the RIAC held a major international conference entitled “
Russia and China: towards a new quality in bilateral relations
”.
The conference discussed various aspects of the two countries’ relationship, and also the regional dimension of cooperation between Russia and China. There was a special focus on processes ...
... Far Eastern Studies (IFES) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The experts discussed the current state of affairs and development prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), issues involving the linking of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) as well as the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the economic situation in the region.
Meeting with a delegation of experts from China
... later on in time, similar trends hold true for Belarus, and to a smaller extent – Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
Factor Two: China matters
One of the key developments of a regional character to watch out for these days is the decision to connect the EEU and China’s Silk Road Economic Belt Project (SREB). With the initial EEU membership growing territorially in 2015 after adhesion of Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, the Union’s geo-economic opportunities were extended with respect to China, the Middle ...
... to [focus on] internal development and to search for opportunities abroad, however uncertain the ultimate outcome might be. This ought to benefit Russia’s neighbours to the East and South because they are also hunting for new sources of growth. China and Russia’s EEU partners face similar challenges, although they are looking abroad for different reasons.
China
China's internal economic situation has changed in recent years, with growth slowing and the yuan being devalued. Disparities between different regions’ ...
... solved, the society and the political elite may opt for restricting the free movement of people within the Union, as is happening now in the EU.
The pace of integration processes in the Eurasian space will depend largely on the instruments that the EEU will be able to use to address the acute dilemmas. Providing security is also a key condition for carrying out China’s Silk Road Economic Belt project across Central Eurasia.
The discussion also covered the issue of interrelation between the EEU and the Silk Road Economic Belt projects, namely whether these projects are complementary or competitive. The ...
... the day. But is this Eurocentric axiom relevant anymore? This may sound rather disconcerting but the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) or Greater Eurasia – facilitated by Russian geopolitics and Chinese Silk Road initiatives –may in fact constitute ... ... grounds of the East. With each passing day, the building blocks of human industry are gravitating eastwards. A car manufactured in China will have additional local components and innovations over time although occasionally, it may need an Italian design or ...
