... apparently scheduled for January 23 in Qatar (again, the start date for Lavrov’s African tour),
never took place
. It might be that getting Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi to participate in the same event could well be one of the challenges for Russian diplomacy during the preparation for the Summit, given the current antagonism between the DRC and Rwanda.
Finally, one cannot but mention an essentially new level of external pressure exerted by all parties on the countries of Africa within the walls ...
... fraught with increased dependence on China.
Yet, strong economic indicators do not replace the need for regenerating China’s economy after the shocks it has suffered. This is especially so, as the cases of India and some other nations demonstrate that ... ... questions about the trajectory along which the post-COVID world will develop and about China’s global leadership.
Ping-pong diplomacy: a new interpretation
April marked the 50
th
anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy. Official representatives of China and ...
Report No. 41/2019
This report is the result of a collaborative study performed by the RIAC and the Center for Strategic Research (SAM) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. SAM publishes academic journal “Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs” (Turkey), an English language journal on foreign affairs. The materials included in this report were initially published in a special issue of
PERCEPTIONS
. The paper presents the views of Russian and Turkish experts in the...
