Washington's desire to establish a dialog on arms control and risk reduction with Moscow and Beijing, albeit with each of them separately, looks very cynical
Relations between Russia and China today are stable and characterized by an elevated level of mutual trust. The rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing takes place against the backdrop of pressure from the United States and its allies at the regional and global levels....
... imaginary line.
Quid facere debemus?
Larisa Saveleva Dovgal:
Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship
This widening schism between the NWSs and NNWSs, coupled with the hesitancy on the part of latent nuclear ... ... the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) to enter into force, which is particularly critical for Annex 2 states in the Asia-Pacific.
In the regional setting, sensible advice is to engage in neighborly relations through multilateral confidence building ...
Washington intends to cash in on the topic of alleged military-technological cooperation between Russia and the DPRK or China and the DPRK, in order to build anti-Russian and anti-Chinese sentiments in the Republic of Korea and Japan
In foreign media and academic articles, they increasingly often refer to a “Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang axis” that ...
... IPEF, rather than the unwieldy structure of 21 economies, as part of the Pacific policy rebalancing.
Economic dream of the Asia-Pacific
Gleb Toropchin:
Taking (Another) Turn to the East: Making Sense of Russia’s Stance in the Asia-Pacific
In 1998, Russia joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, together with Peru and Viet Nam. Russia was particularly interested in the format’s open nature, whose status was not that of an international organization. Moscow’s goals were generally in line with the priorities ...
... Diversification
While there are definitely some points of intersection in the relations between Russia and Asian nations (not excluding China), one of the most pressing questions in this regard is how exactly the region could benefit from a more pronounced Russia’s presence in the Asia-Pacific—and vice versa. Namely, what Moscow offer can to the regional powers and smaller states and how it can reinstate a more viable and robust posture.
On a prescriptive note, it would be logical for Russia’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs to ...
... protective measures to respond to threats from North Korea and China. Judging by what Japanese diplomats have been saying recently, Russia may also be included in the official list of the country’s enemies. Increasing funding to 2% of GDP (from the current ... ... the Japan Self-Defense Forces in terms of technology and strike capabilities, which will change the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific forever.
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Yoshida F. (2018) From the Reality of a Nuclear Umbrella to a World without Nuclear Weapons: An Interview ...
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 ...
... 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 ... ... to China from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Under such circumstances, it is an important question whether China and Russia can cooperate and jointly deal with the situation. Due to the exclusive nature of the Indo-Pacific strategy, both China ...
... Timofeev, RIAC 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 ...
... been building up its own
maritime militia
, which patrols the area around Hainan, the Spratly and the Paracel Islands. China believes this to be a covert operation in order to spy on the Chinese military infrastructure and ships.
Ivan Timofeev:
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands of kilometers away, Russia may look like a full-fledged outsider of this dispute. Still waters run deep. Back in 2016, Vladimir ...