... strategic calculus 2.0. (At the time of penning this account, India had not tallied, its federal election results).
The features ... ... Minister being feted with highest civilian honors, first from Russia and latest by the UAE, for coveted contribution to the development ... ... Delhi to diminish South Asian countries’ trade dependence upon China and to shrug-off the increasingly indomitable buccaneering ... ... component within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese refusal to allow Indian candidature of NSG membership decoupled from ...
Interview with Dattesh Parulekar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University
How do Indian experts see the role of BRICS in world politics and what do they think about current relations between Russia and India?
Dattesh Parulekar
, Assistant Professor, Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University ... ... to the shifts in the balance of power. For example, what was the US–Russia, you know, competitive hegemony is now the US–China competitive hegemony. Still, Russia remains a very important strategic player. In fact, Russia has become a swing player....
G20 in Implementing Russia’s Strategic Tasks
The G20 is an important international forum, a meeting ... ... instruments of “integrating integrations,” which entails Russia paying attention to China, India and other Asian partners, as well as the gradual stable growth of Russia’s interests... ... only had time to exchange opinions on the “Kerch Strait incident.” Trump’s refusal to meet with the President of the Russian Federation means a further loss of confidence...
... Yes, the meeting between the leaders of the United States and China was a success, but this did not prevent Washington from then ... ... principal rival. No matter how much Washington may be courting India seen as a main counterbalance to China in the new political ... ... has additional insurance and an alternative counterbalance.
For Russia, the current situation is interesting in that now the other ... ... President of the United States on specific issues, such as the refusal to approve new members of the Appellate Body of the World ...
... recently, the regional gas market was considered to be fairly stable and predictable; in some segments, such as LNG supplies to India, the marketplace was effectively monopolized by Qatar.
Qatar
RIAC and Gateway House Report “Russia – India Energy Cooperation: Trade, Joint Projects, and New Areas”
Qatar is the unconditional leader in gas supplies ... ... million tonnes. The growth rate of India’s LNG imports is so high that the country might actually come close to the leader China in the near future, especially given that New Delhi briefly exceeded Beijing’s LNG imports in December 2017 (2.4 million ...
Washington consensus 2.0 / China–India Axis / Multipolar balance of power / New bipolarity
A few months ago, the author ... ... 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... ... 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...
... of the Eurasian continent.
Indo-Pacific, Quad, and Containing China
Andrey Kortunov:
SCO: The Cornerstone Rejected by the Builders ... ... biological term and gave it a different spin. It was originally Indian and Japanese strategists that discovered, so to speak, the ... ... unite the four “democracies” of the Indo-Pacific region - the USA, Japan, Australia, and India. Attempts to create a Quad have ... ... cultural influence (something like the Indian World, compared to the Russian World), while others suggest including China and even Russia ...
... misfortunes served as a contrasting background for the successes of the newcomers to space. China performed a manned flight and launched a Moon surface probe. India orbited a constellation of polar satellites and launched a space probe of its... ... erstwhile Soviet and U.S. research, namely the creation of space stations and/or reusable manned spacecraft.
The so-called second space race was a political imitation... ... failed to resurrect the Apollo Lunar module in order to once again visit the Moon. Russia failed to come up with equivalents of the Soviet Lunokhod Moon rover and the...
... and explore new routes in Asia. Successe abroad is key to improving the situation at home.
If Vladimir Putin wins in the Russian elections in March, few will be surprised in Russia or abroad. The incumbent president remains by far the most popular ... ... development in terms of its social, economic and technological spheres. All of the major international players, including the US, EU, China and India, currently have domestic development as their ultimate priority, and Russia is no exception. There are very active and sometimes ...
The basic foundation of the relationship remains strong. A rising India would be a valuable partner of Russia in Asia and beyond
Kanwal Sibal
Not enough critical evaluation has been made of the state of India–Russia relations ... ... India’s concerns about Afghanistan-related issues have caused confusion. The fact that Pakistan has begun to tout a Pakistan–China–Russia axis against an India–US axis in the region speaks of the diplomatic impact of Russia’s revised perspectives....
