Interview with Kin Phea, Director General of the International Relations Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia
Kin Phea, Director General of the International Relations Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, spoke in an interview for RIAC about the prospects for Russian-Cambodian relations and developing cooperation on international platforms. The interview was prepared on the margins of the Gorchakov Fund Conference “Asian Dialogue 2024”.
What successful economic, political and humanitarian...
Policy Brief #51 / 2024
Policy Brief #51 / 2024
The Russian-Chinese “comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction of the new era” represent a key element of the emerging multipolar world order. Moscow and Beijing’s mutual support in the international arena, growing trade turnover in the face of sanctions, strengthening humanitarian ties, and people-to-people cooperation represent a unique example of the constructive dialogue taking place between these two truly sovereign states. Further...
... has wide room for manoeuvre in using the confiscation mechanism, while the Russian authorities have a wide range of persons whose property can be seized for asset confiscation. However, it is clear that there simply cannot be any talk of any sovereign investments by Russia in the United States. For individuals, the investment attractiveness of the United States is also sharply reduced due to political risks, as well as the investment opportunities themselves. American investment in Russia is significantly ...
Can Moscow make a meaningful contribution to an improvement in China-India relations?
Obviously, the future of Eurasia largely depends on China and India. These two nations demonstrate remarkable resilience in their economic, technological, political, cultural and spiritual growth and maturation. Undoubtedly, their regional, continental and global roles will continue to evolve. Beijing-New Delhi relations have had, and will continue to have, a profound impact on the Eurasian and worldwide international...
... caused by internal instability in the country.
As early as 2009, the Chinese government
invested
USD 58 million to enlarge the port of Tripoli. China is still heavily
investing
in the expansion of Lebanese port infrastructure. The main reason for these investments, as with other countries in the Levant, is the development needed to expand the ‘boundaries’ for BRI, of which Lebanon, having signed an agreement with China, is already an integral part.
In addition to economic interaction, other ties ...
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
The ninth annual report “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2023 Model” analyzes Russia–China relations from the second and fourth quarters of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023. During this...
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects. Two sessions of the round table were devoted to the issues of the current state of Russia's image in Africa and analyzing tools and approaches for its improvement and development.
The participants of the discussion...
... planning the new capital.
Major players such as China and the United States are also involved, but their participation has not been active so far. Thus, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) remains one of the main operators of American investments in Nusantara,
collaborating
with the Capital City Authority to promote the implementation of smart and green technologies in urban development.
Chinese investment has largely been concentrated elsewhere in Indonesia rather than in Kalimantan—namely,...
... became possible largely due to a significant improvement in the investment climate and the ubiquitous introduction of public-private partnerships. In total, the
list of investment projects
has more than 60 positions, and the total amount of possible investments exceeds
USD 40 billion.
The Padma Bridge Rail Link Project with an eponymous
multi-purpose bridge
, connecting the southwest with the northern and eastern regions, can be seen as the flagship project. In the future, the plan calls for establishing ...
... is not high [
4
].
As for investment, although
within the framework of the format in 2014
a $10 billion line of credit was opened to CEE, and China launched two phases of the Investment Cooperation Fund, in 2014 and 2018. When compared with Chinese investments in large EU countries, these figures are not excessive. Cumulative Chinese FDI exceeds 1% of the total only in the economies of Hungary, Romania and Slovenia [
5
].
As for the BRI projects, the most consistently implemented is the development ...
