... office of Uzbekistan’s president merely mentions that Foreign Minister Zarif was in attendance.
What is clear from the results of the summit is that existing divisions among the member states regarding Iranian membership may be widening further. China and others are concerned that Iran’s membership, and its close relationship with Russia, would reinforce perceptions that the organization is anti-western. But the addition of India into the fold should alleviate some of these concerns. The dissenting voices may want to assess Iran’s commitment to the nuclear deal of the next year before granting it membership. This avoids the embarrassment of Iran reneging on the deal ...
... obtained every legal ground for processing Iran's application in compliance with the SCO norms. Besides, after the Ufa summit, India and Pakistan have prepared their memorandums of obligations for acquiring membership in close contact with representatives ... ... order to create conditions for expanded cooperation in fighting terrorism in the new reality.
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Russia-China: toward a New Quality of
Bilateral Relations
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The SCO states believe that the evil can be eradicated ...
... responsibility rests primarily with the US. The attempt to shift it over to China clearly failed, which was expressly confirmed by an unusually tough statement on the part of Beijing following a recent pseudo-hydrogen blast carried out by the DPRK. China is hardly capable of doing it on its own, since it is not attractive for North Korea in this capacity.
Are there any risks of shrinking Russian-Indian cooperation in strategic areas, such as security, energy, military and technical cooperation, in view of the growing activity of Russia’s rivals in India, primarily the USA and France?
I would not call it risky. India has a clear and quite ...
... A pleasant elderly saleswoman asked me where I was from. I told her I was from Russia. She beamed and said it was great that Russia had become a democratic country. “We have a president, and you have a president now. We have our first lady, and ... ... with global responsibility, and this may become a critical obstacle to building a new world order in the foreseeable future.
China and India: Facets of Self-Limitation
The world’s second most powerful and influential country, China, has made much more progress ...
... need to increase the legitimacy of their south—south cooperation
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The Combined Potential of the BRICS Countries
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) provides support for Latin American and Caribbean countries; the development banks of China and India mainly work with their close neighbours in Asia; the Russian Federation concentrates its efforts on the CIS countries; and South Africa works with the Southern African Development Community.
Current practices of implementing economic development programmes, including International Development Assistance ...
... integrated themselves into African society and the African economy more effectively than their Chinese counterparts, and they are more willing to hire local staff. The presence of large and deeply rooted Indian diaspora in Africa makes it easier for Indian companies and enterprises to find local partners.
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Aleksei Vasilyev, Evgeny Korendyasov:
Russian-African relations in
ten years: a new start
Brazil cannot compete with China in terms of finance and investment, but its “fortes” are technical assistance, new technologies and agriculture. Since 2012, the country has conducted a national programme for the development of farming enterprises and is exporting this ...
On June 29, 2016, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeyev was in Berlin at a symposium under
project
New Responses to Global Challenges to Finance, Energy Security and Climate Change: Cooperation between the U.S.A., Russia, China and India attended by think-tankers from the four countries.
The discussants analyzed the condition of the global system in 2015 and profound changes in the international economic relationships, as well as the growth models to be taken up by Russia, the U....
... penetration into South-East and Central Asia, and India could be forced out of the traditional regional markets.
Advantages and Disadvantages of the BRICS Format and the Question of Institutionalization
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Vyacheslav Belokrenitskiy:
Russia-India-China: An Intricate Love Triangle to
Counter the United States?
From the legal point of view, BRICS is not an inter-governmental organization. The informal negotiation-style format of BRICS is in essence a geopolitical discussion club. At the group’s ...
... designed to make the group a key player in the global food security regime. But they did. Now the world is waiting.
From a moral and business ethics perspective the effort makes sense and can add value to the BRICS brand.
But success depends on China, India and Brazil, who are impacted by drought and infrastructure problems that step on their economic performance. And Russia is dealing with a sanctions regime that includes food, orchestrated by Washington and its European allies.
BRICS food security. A slow rollout?
It's one thing to move cautiously to manage risks. It's something else to move slowly ...
... and decision-making for its drone targeting and operational missions. Pakistan and China seem to be openly courting this very behavior today. Middle East Israel Defense... ... objective was successful but they were certain that the drone was not American, Chinese, or Russian: IDF claimed it to be an Iranian drone assembled in Lebanon and flown by Hezbollah... ... Heron-1 platform has already been sold in recent years to Brazil, France, Germany, and India. Greater Asia Singapore joined the above list of Heron-1 acquirers in 2012. Unlike...
