Search: Russia,Asia-Pacific,USA (22 materials)

 

A Monsoon Instead of a Gentle Breeze: Creeping Nuclearization in the Asia-Pacific

... it is necessary to pay special attention to the broader geographical backbone of the Asia-Pacific region, i.e. SEA (Southeast Asia). The subregion is quite uniform as far... ... small states . At least three out of the five NWSs (nuclear weapon states)—China, Russia and the US—have direct stakes in the region. However, the crippled arms control... ... those of Beijing roughly tenfold, even though China is predicted to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements...

26.02.2024

Spokes versus Axes: Modalities of Regional Security in Northeast Asia

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 ... ... should close their ranks even more. Such reasoning is constructed for some alternative reality as it suffers from a lack of causality. More so, it is absolutely unclear why the formats of cooperation between “liberal democracies” are so much better ...

07.11.2023

Taking (Another) Turn to the East: Making Sense of Russia’s Stance in the Asia-Pacific

For Russia’s ambitions to be realized, one has to admit the mistakes made during the first ... ... its opportunities of making another pivot to the so-called Global East. Most of the Asia-Pacific forms an integral part of the mentioned area. The goal of this piece is... ... China, on its part, has been struggling to balance on a fine line between avoiding accusations of directly helping Russia and sticking to its commitment that a strategic...

02.06.2022

Waterworld: Moscow Betting on the South China Sea

... 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 Putin spoke of a “greater Eurasian partnership”. As the Russian Federation has been engaged in its pivot to Asia ...

11.05.2021

Experts Discuss the Near Future of the Asia Pacific Region

At the final event of the year dedicated to the Asia Pacific, leading Russian researchers of the field shared their assessments of the most significant trends of 2020 and tried to forecast regional developments in the upcoming year On December 24, 2020 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a webinar “Russia ...

24.12.2020

China and the US in Asia: Four Scenarios for the Future

... article attempted to construct several scenarios for Europe’s future depending on the possible development trajectories of Russia and the EU through 2024. The scenario matrix for Greater Europe was built along two axes: a weak (fragmented) EU versus ... ... for the region, Asia remains a far greater, far more complex, and far more fragmented continent than Europe. There are no thousands of years of common history, no clearly dominant religion, no apparent analogue to “European values.” Multilateral institutions ...

08.06.2018

Indo-Pacific or Community of Common Destiny?

... should be mentioned. The Indo-Pacific in one way or another implies a split in the Eurasian continent, since neither China, nor Russia, nor other continental states of Eurasia fit into the construct. Moreover, restricting the American vision to maritime ... ... region, thus reducing their vision of the Indo-Pacific to a thinly scattered collection of loosely related agreements between the USA with its traditional Asia-Pacific partners. It would not be an exaggeration to say that for the present, and moreover for the future, a partnership ...

28.05.2018

Russian and Japanese Experts Discuss Russia — Japan — U.S. Relations in the Asia-Pacific

On September 13, 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table "Russia — Japan — U.S. Relations in the Asia-Pacific". On September 13, 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table "Russia — Japan — U.S. Relations in the Asia-Pacific". Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs, Member of RIAC, delivered welcoming ...

13.09.2017

Russia, China and the US in the Asia-Pacific — Is Cooperation Possible? RIAC City Breakfast at the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Library

The lecture was followed by a discussion, during which the participants had a chance to ask questions On June 15, 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held the next in the series of “city breakfasts” at the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Library.... ... Fellow at the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University, gave a lecture titled “Russia, China and the US in the Asia-Pacific — is cooperation possible?” Having considered the economic and political importance of the Asia-Pacific, both ...

19.06.2017
 

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