... direction has not stopped.
Second, while the focus of geopolitical confrontation between the West (the U.S. and its EU allies) and Russia has shifted from the Caucasus to the Middle East and Ukraine since 2014-2015, this region remains among the most turbulent ... ... significantly
differ
.
The change in the status quo also contributed to Iran’s notable invigoration. Two Eurasian giants, China and India, have also adopted a higher profile in the Caucasus. With the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine ...
... Chinese experts discussed the development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the context of world order transformation and its role in modernizing global economy. The experts summarized the ten-year evolution of the initiative and compared the BRI with alternative projects of other actors. Special attention was paid to the development of transport corridors in Eurasia and opportunities for cooperation between Russia and China in building Greater Eurasian Partnership.
Among the participants were Sergey Luzyanin, Professor of the Department of Oriental Studies at MGIMO University and the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at HSE University, RIAC Member; Wang Yiwen,...
... Superpower
It was essential that in Beijing Chairman Xi and President Putin did not limit themselves do discussing the bilateral China-Russia agenda, no matter how important this agenda appears to be. On top of talking about trade, investments, R&D, education, ... ... leaders from all the corners of our shared continent, was a perfect location to compare notes on the future destiny of Eurasia.
BRI, SCO, ASEAN, RCEP, CPTPP, CSTO, EAEU, CICA and may other multilateral Eurasian projects can be looked at as sprouts of the ...
... transportation infrastructure projects between China and Russia.
An important task for the future for Russia is to sync the EAEU and the BRI, developing a roadmap and pointing to projects that could demonstrate its concrete content.
With Russia reorienting its foreign trade from the European direction to the eastern and southern directions, there is a growing need to build new transportation and energy infrastructure. China is an extremely attractive partner for the realization of such projects. Multilateral projects involving China and the EAEU ...
... national governments has not been favorable to the Belt and Road, but they at least have understood the value of trade with China. Hopefully, they will also begin to understand the importance of the Belt and Road, join it, and participate in alleviating global poverty, as I mentioned in the beginning.
What is the role of the Eurasian Economic Union and Eurasia in the BRI? To some, it may seem like the Eurasian Union, being an economic bloc mainly around Russia, may come into some kind of conflict with the BRI, because those are two partly competing projects. Is it a true competition,...
... conflicts between countries in the region and, perhaps, with neighbors such as China and Russia.
The mismanagement of water resources had been a recurring theme in the CIA’s... ... to save water and stem population growth, ultimately
leading
to an emerging crisis.
China will have to ensure the security of its own national water resources but also... ... could harm Chinese gas supplies and the development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Researchers at Oxford University ran 738 simulations combining possible changes...
With the Chinese engagement and great power competition on the rise, Russia keeps a vigilant eye on the -Stans
The latest months have been chaotic in Kyrgyzstan,... ... by the Central Asian countries. By May of this year, according to the Agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan, the US should withdraw their troops from Afghanistan... ... equally distributed among Central Asian states. Uzbekistan prefers buying weapons from China, while Turkey is the largest arms supplier for Turkmenistan [
ix
].
In case of...
... Russian or Chinese authors. More concretely, first,
Kang
,
Ravitsky
,
Smirnova
,
Qin
and
Xie
argue that Russia recognizes the power and plans of China to realize its rejuvenation and enhance international influence, and Russia plays a key role in the BRI.
Russia–China Dialogue: The 2020 Model
Second,
Kang
,
Li, Yan
,
Ravitsky
,
Yilmaz
,
Liu
,
Smirnova
and
Xie
believe that the two governments enjoy the strong trust and firm partnership, especially for the top leaders, and this trust between top leaders ...
... viewed as a potential competitor for regional integration structures (ASEAN, EAEU, RCEP) or trans-border economic projects (BRI) or organizations (the SCO, APEC, ASEM). On the contrary, all of those structures, projects and organizations are seen as ... ... dimensions of the Partnership (trade, finance, infrastructure, visa, etc.) with due account of their current needs and capabilities.
Russia–China Dialogue: The 2020 Model. RIAC, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International ...
...
To that end, Russia considers the overarching goal of its foreign policy to be “shaping a fair and sustainable world order”. The concept paper suggests that Russia can do this by “expanding its ties with its partners within the Group of Twenty, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Republic of South Africa), the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), RIC (Russia, India and China) alongside other organizations and dialogue platforms”. Pakistan is one of the two newest members of the SCO alongside India, which makes ...
