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The Proof of the Pudding: Outcomes of the 25th SCO Summit for India and Pakistan

... years of its existence: a platform for resolving border disputes, a mechanism for countering non-traditional security threats and a multilateral forum for mapping out the contours of a polycentric world order. Zhao Huasheng: Three Core Concepts of Sino-Russian International Cooperation The SCO’s first function was to settle border disputes among five countries: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. This format was first established at the 1996 summit in Shanghai and was institutionalized in 2001 with Uzbekistan’s accession, turning the Shanghai Five into the Shanghai Six. By the early 2010s, all territorial ...

15.09.2025

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U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

The architecture of U.S. global air defense is gradually built around major hubs, some of them covering East Asia Washington’s ambivalent approach to global strategic stability became clear back at the time of the New START signed in 2010. Despite Russia’s concerns, the document failed to enshrine any restrictions on the development of the U.S. air defense. Article XIV ... ... defense system in the Asia Pacific calls global strategic stability into question, because it could be used against Russia and China. In 2018, the head of Russian diplomacy insistently urged Japan to enter into a dialogue about the U.S. plans to create ...

08.05.2024

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)