... Northeast Asia (NEA). Under these circumstances, Western authors believe, the U.S. and its main Pacific allies, Japan and the Republic of Korea, should close their ranks even more. Such reasoning is constructed for some alternative reality as it suffers from a lack of causality. More so, it is absolutely unclear why the formats of cooperation between “liberal democracies” are so much better ... ... socio-economic standpoint rather than from the political perspective. All actors, despite the current difficulties in Japan-China and Russia-Japan relations, stick to the established ties in different areas. Due to the specifics of its political regime ...
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 ...
On May 27, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held an online meeting with Lee Sok-bae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia.
On May 27, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held an online meeting with Lee Sok-bae,... ... to Russia.
The following international problems related to the current aggravation of relations between the United States and China were discussed during the meeting with the South Korean diplomat: the implementation of the Indo-Pacific concept, various ...
... concerns
that South Korea violates intellectual property rights
South Korea denies all accusations. Its arguments are logical: Iran and Syria are friends of North Korea, therefore... ... Japan
approved the decision
to take South Korea off its “white list” (where the Republic of Korea was the only Asian state), thereby depriving it of trade preferences... ...
terminating the military intelligence-sharing pact
with Tokyo
“Wu Wei” American Style
China holds leading positions in deposits of rare-earth metals. Moreover, approximately...
... reconciliation of North and South Korea could be interpreted as a reduction of the military threat in its own right. In this case, the United States would have fewer opportunities to build up its military potential in Asia, which is directly primarily against China. For this reason, the United States does not want to allow “liberties” on the part of its junior partner in the union. Donald Trump is actively and unambiguously against a détente and is keen to step up the pressure as much as possible, including ...
... Pyongyang used it as a “vent” to reduce pressure in the “Korean cauldron” by eroding the united front of its enemies. China and Russia eagerly supported these initiatives, and South Korea is on now on Pyongyang’s side as well, as it is extremely ... ... holding a third successive summit in North Korea is fraught with political costs for the South Korean leader.
1
. G. Toloraya. The Republic of Korea. Moscow: Mysl, 1990, p. 44.
2
. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Moscow: Nauka, 1985, pp. 260–262; ...
