... West and be mounting tensions between China and the United States. Historically, Moscow tried to play the role of a geopolitical balancing power in East Asia. In the North East Asia region that approach implied that along with heavily investing into Russia-China relations, the Kremlin also tried to explore economic and even political opportunities with Seoul and with Tokyo. In addressing the North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, Russia relied on multilateral frameworks including UN Security Council solidary voting on economic sanctions against Pyongyang and the six party negotiating mechanism. In the South East Asia region Moscow preferred not ...
... it may reach USD 50 million or sightly more than that. Economic cooperation between the two nations has its natural limits since the national economies of Russia and DPRK do not quite compliment each other, like, for instance, national economies of Russia and China. North Korea can offer coal, seafood, metals and other commodities that Russia itself has in abundance. A deeper industrial collaboration in machine-tool building or the IT-sector is not impossible, but it will take a lot of time to mature and to strive....
... with North Korea “on strategic and tactical issues” probably should not imply official support for Pyongyang’s steps in such a sensitive area as inter-Korean relations. As the U.S., South Korea and Japan are forming a triangle directed against North Korea, China and Russia, our adversaries are eagerly waiting for an excuse to blame us for similar aspirations and “supporting” what they see as North’s aggressive actions in preparation for war against the South. Some Russian social scientists speculate about the ...
... by the results of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pyongyang. China apparently understands that the problem of North Korea's isolation must be solved in one way or another. But for its own reasons, China is not ready to do this directly. At the same time, Russian involvement and partnership with North Korea cannot pose any threat to China’s interests and security - such is the nature of relations between Russia and the PRC.
In the case of Vietnam, the progress of Russian diplomacy is also related to the desire of Asian countries to balance the influence of China and pressure from ...
... China Sea.
According to
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, “in the face of unilateral sanctions, hegemony and confrontation, Russia and China should strengthen strategic cooperation.” The involvement of the DPRK, which has also found itself “in the crosshairs” of the U.S. and its allies, was a logical development.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia in September 2023 and Foreign Minister Lavrov’s October trip to Pyongyang ...
The growing US-Japanese-South Korean military cooperation inevitably leads to stronger China-Russia-North Korea ties
The Russian-North Korean negotiations this month have provoked a lot of hype, particularly in the West. It is assumed by the West that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's trip might indicate a profound change in Moscow's overall approach ...
... ever was, and the environment for that immensely more complex and fluid than ever
Russian-American strategic relations are entering uncharted waters with the demise of... ... caliber with no ambition to prevail in the world.
America’s main challenger now is China, which has surpassed it in terms of GDP in PPP terms and is expected to surpass... ... between the two countries, and the asymmetrical strategic position of India and Pakistan.
North Korea, which developed its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the 21st...
What lessons can Russia and Chine draw from the Korean War to better handle conflict?
This year marks the 70
th
anniversary of the outbreak of ... ... Korean War. It was initially a civil war that gradually evolved into an international conflict, during which the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea. Last Friday, China commemorated the 70
th
anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers army entering the Democratic ...
... denuclearization.
At first, this could be conveyed to the Russian side through Track II diplomacy. Depending on the state of U.S.–Russia and U.S.–China relations, time will tell whether this position can be made official, and in what form (in line with the Russia–China roadmap, for example).
If the United States and North Korea resume negotiations, say, after the U.S. presidential elections, then Moscow should be waiting in the wings to clarify the position it has been developing. Russia has the advantage of having good channels of communication with North Korea,...
... a list of exceptions to its sanctions, many of which were in place long before the pandemic. They concern Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela and Russia [
viii
]. A joint US-Swiss relief supply channel for Iran has become operational [
ix
]. We saw the first transactions ... ... bear in mind that the help in fighting the epidemic provided by the countries hit by the sanctions, such as Russia, Cuba and China, to the initiators of the sanctions will not make the latter lift the sanctions afterwards.
In other words, COVID-19 does ...
