... mostly not presented in the form of separate structured documents, but can only be reconstructed analytically by systematizing certain statements of government officials and their comments. All of them were proposed by so-called neutral countries like China, Brazil, African states and Indonesia, that is by the countries that are not directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict and think of themselves as unbiased players.
Meanwhile, there is another ten-point “peace plan”, proposed by Ukrainian President ...
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin was on his way to Beijing earlier this month, many observers predicted that he would return to Moscow with yet another energy mega-deal in his pocket. However, the most spectacular accomplishment of the Russia-China bilateral dialogue on the margins of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was different. The two sides agreed to significantly increase Russia's agricultural exports to China—within the next 12 years, these exports are likely ...
... presented the views of Moscow and Beijing on global geopolitical trends and discussed opportunities for Sino-Russian interaction in the international arena amidst a changing world order. In addition, during the seminar, current trends in relations between China and the United States were discussed in the context of the ongoing trade war and increasing competition in the field of advanced technology.
The event was attended by Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director General, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Academic Director,...
The recognition of interdependence between security and development suggests that China is likely to become more active in global and regional security matters than it has been ever before
The Global Security Initiative (GSI) was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in April of 2022. Predictably, the initiative was brushed off ...
... its financial, economic, and political advantages
The US has always been seeking Roman empire-style global hegemony, but in fact it has been losing its financial, economic, and political advantages, said Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences, at an academic forum on Thursday gathering scholars from China, Russia and the US at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
Babaev told the Global Times that ...
... This discussion unfolded with the active support of Europe, whose leaders until the end of the 2000s hoped to consolidate their association in order to rank among the leading participants in international life, equal in strength to the United States, China or Russia. In fact, it was Europe, its politicians and observers, that made the greatest contribution to the expansion of interpretations of what allows us to talk about a participant in international life as an independent pole. This gave them ...
... order, then there might be fewer risks for it. The Western allies could concentrate all their power on countering Moscow. But the spread of problems in other directions seriously complicates things. Resources have to be wasted not only on containing China, but also on putting out fires where they supposedly shouldn’t have broken out. With a high probability, Washington will be able to provide Israel with significant military and diplomatic assistance, limiting the next outbreak of conflict. But ...
... work together to drive it”. Those of us who took courses in Chinese history may recall that the first sentence is a direct quote from distinguished Chinese statesman and diplomat Li Hongzhang, who in 1872 warned the rulers of the Qing Empire that China had to start fundamental reforms in order to survive and to thrive in the emerging new world.
Back in March many observers considered Xi’s quote from the “Oriental Bismark” to be a rhetorical over exaggeration. Seven months later, when President ...
... the Foundation, Ex-Chairman of CITIC Group, visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
During the meeting with Council leadership, participants discussed the prospects for cooperation between the Foundation and RIAC, as well as Russia-China relations in the changing world order. The parties expressed interest in the development of joint research projects.
