... Development Studies in Switzerland Kazushige Kobayashi published an article on the RIAC website, analyzing the current state of Russian-Japanese relations in the light of events in Ukraine.
Kobayashi’s main conclusion was that Tokyo “is spinning ... ... establishment, the Japanese government toughened its stance against Russia
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It should be noted that throughout the “Ukrainian crisis”, the two countries’ leaders had no direct contact, not even by telephone. Prime Minister Shinzō ...
In an exclusive interview with RBTH on the Ukraine crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the highest priority must be an unconditional ceasefire to end the suffering of civilians.... ... winners”. Unfortunately, the logic of “winner takes all” remains the thrust of Kiev’s actions, resulting in thousands of victims among civilians, hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons, as well as an almost totally destroyed ...
Any crisis is a test for all concerned
Russia and the United States need to have the presence of mind to look beyond short-term tactical victories and defeats and consider ... ... observing the discussions on Ukraine in the U.S. For all the pluralist views on the causes, dynamics, and likely consequences of the Ukrainian crisis, U.S. political and expert opinion is almost exclusively centered on two points: first, the sanctions against ...
It seems that the tendency toward a needless exacerbation of US-Russian relations, which started with the crisis in Ukraine, has now begun to spread to the Near East as well. This time the area of confrontation has become Syria. The Russian-US “honeymoon,” more precisely the time allotted for eliminating ...
On March 18, 2014 RIAC and RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies held a roundtable "Russian-American Relations in the Context of Ukraine Crisis" with participation of experts on international security, economy and Russia-U.S. relations, as well as businessmen.
The speakers underlined that the Ukraine crisis appears to be the most ...
