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... in the global development on the situation in the water area, legal aspects of territorial disputes, as well as ways to reduce conflict potential. Anton Tsvetov, RIAC Media and Government Relations Manager, delivered a report on the possibilities of Russia's participation in the regional settlement at the section “Major Powers Interactions in the South China Sea.” Section video
... also considerable (5 %), putting it in sixth place after the United States (31 %), China (15 %), Japan (8 %), Singapore (7 %), and the Republic of Korea (6 %). Together, these countries account for up to 75% per cent of the export of services in the Asia-Pacific (link in Russian). Thus, there is a substantial gap between the market leaders and the other regional economies. The Russian services sector is concentrated on travel, other business services, transport, royalties and license fees, computer and information services,...
Analysts who focus on the Asia-Pacific have long been ranting that Russia is not paying enough attention to what is going on in the region, especially Southeast Asia. The ASEAN population is neither aware of what interests Russia nor understands how Russian particpation in their region could be of use. At the same time,...
... basis for the establishment of the common Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. However, these agreements cannot address the needs of all APEC economies. In this situation, Russia has to develop mechanisms to coordinate integration projects within the Asia-Pacific region and Russia’s top integration project – Eurasian Economic Union. Thus, Russia stands for the open nature of integration and for promoting the interests and further involvement of the Eurasian Economic Union in the discussion of regional integration ...
... he quickly reverted to the normal pro-American course afterwards [14] . Although the Japanese-American security alliance deprives Japan of having an independent foreign policy, a truly independent Japan without the alliance would not be entirely in Russia’s interests either. The unrestrained re-emergence of Japanese military power, whatever future it envisions, will certainly destabilize regional politics in the Asia-Pacific. I would like to stress that there are multiple ways of dramatically strengthening Japanese military forces’ power without invoking any major perestroika . The future of Japanese military power, therefore, rests on the effectiveness ...
... than a free trade agreement. It also includes highly controversial provisions on the protection of intellectual property and the subjugation of national laws to transnational tribunals . Notably absent from negotiations over the TPP are two major Asia-Pacific powers: China and Russia. The TPP will later be presented to China and Russia as a fait accompli with basic rules already set by the United States and its allies. The same trick was played against China and Russia in the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). ...
... national interest. The lively discussion at the last APEC session in Indonesia of the idea to create a Free Trade Area for the Asia-Pacific Region (FTAAPR) in November 2014 contrasted with the failed attempt to sign a final agreement on the TPP in Singapore ... ... no problem in the existence of parallel integration courses. Moreover, in its view, the TTP could form the core of FTAAPR . Russia's pivot to the East The multidirectional trends in world politics and in the region are obvious. The region’s economic ...
... Southeast Asia toward Indonesia and Vietnam. Accordingly, it would help to more evenly distribute influence within the ASEAN and bring about a new nonaligned bloc supported by Russia. Viewed through the prism of the evolving U.S.-China confrontation in Asia-Pacific, Russia appears to be the world's largest swing state , with Vietnam playing a similar role in the regional dimension. This makes the two share a common agenda. Within this environment, Vietnam may become the first country to enter the Russian orbit of ...
On November 6-7, 2014 in Tokyo, RIAC and the Tokyo Foundation held international conference "Russian-Japanese Strategic Dialogue." Lead by Diplomacy Chair at MGIMO-University Ambassador Alexander Panov , the Russian team included Head of Oriental Studies Chair at MGIMO-University Dmitry Streltsov , Ambassador Valery Sukhinin, Deputy ...
On September 19, 2014, RIAC President Igor Ivanov and Director General Andrey Kortunov met Chinese Ambassador in Russia LI Hui. The meeting was also attended by Mao Wang Chun, Chinese Embassy Counselor, Yu Xiaonan, Embassy First Secretary, and Lyudmila Filippova, RIAC Program Manager. The participants emphasized the particular character of Russia-China relations ...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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