... nations have manifested themselves in the form of rising inflation and fears about food and energy security. Moreover, they have become a determining factor in the activities of the chairing countries in organizing the institutional work of the G20, APEC and ASEAN-centric mechanisms.
The second challenge was a sharp escalation of U.S.-China tensions, exacerbated by the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan on August 2-3, 2022 as well as by the trip of U.S. Congressmen that followed two weeks later....
... again demonstrated their functional dependence on the stance of large actors. Against this background of the latest APEC Forum, Russia had quite a favourable opportunity to be an observer of the unfolding disputes.
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The series of ASEAN, EAS and APEC summits was interesting not only from the point of view of assessing Russia’s achievements within those multilateral formats, but also in terms of the interesting dynamics of bilateral meetings held on the side-lines of the forums. For instance,...
... addressed by prominent Russian and foreign diplomats and businesspersons, among them MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov, Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, Singapore Ambassador to Russia Lim Kheng Hua, Executive Director of the Business Council Russia-ASEAN Victor Tarusin, and APEC Business Advisory Council Chairman Fauziah Dato Talib.
At the forum, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev presented our educational and analytical projects with focus on Asia Pacific, demonstrated interactive capabilities of the RIAC portal, and narrated ...
... Century. Australia is really trying to consider how it should engage in the region. Canada has just issued a task force report. It is a track two paper that argues for better strategic engagement with Asia. This means attempting to bolster its presence in APEC, engaging with the EAS, engaging with ASEAN, engaging in second track processes like PECC.
So, there are many things that can be done, like white paper exercises. I don’t know if that is something that Russia does, but it can be something that draws attention to any particular set of ...
... infrastructure is a half-way to the successful overcoming of problems. It was reflected by “Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth” adopted by the leaders of G-20 at November (2010) summit. The same is understood by our Far East partners: e.g. ASEAN and APEC intend to create “seamless” economies in their regions, PRC invests into the construction of railroads in Indochina, and both Koreas study the possible connection of Trans-Korea trunk with Trans-Siberia line.
The tunnel under the Bering ...
