... a third influential power alongside these actors. The intensification of contacts between China and the regional states underscores the prospects of these efforts. Strengthening China’s role as a balancing factor is also important for regional stability ... ... geography offering unique transport and communication opportunities, which are of vital importance for the world’s fastest-growing economy. Located at a strategic point on the Eurasian continent, the South Caucasus connects China with Europe, enhancing its ...
The SCO embodies a persistent tension between security imperatives and development ambitions, but this tension is not a weakness
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is increasingly described as a central pillar of Eurasian security governance, regional ...
... that have developed since 2022, which have spurred trade between India and Russia, are unlikely to disappear overnight. The rivalry between Russia and the West will persist, and with it, various economic sanctions will remain a long-term factor. Their scope is so vast that exhausting them quickly is simply impossible. Moreover, the sustainability of any agreements raises significant questions. For example, it is unclear how US policy will change in the event of a new administration.
Ultimately, Russia ...
... from the United States to neighboring Eurasian countries, Russia including. In some cases, the Russian side might be in a position to negotiate better deals with its counterparts from China. And yet, there are enough reasons for decision-makers in Moscow to be concerned about more remote implications of the recent U.S. tariff moves regarding China. The precise impact of these moves on the global economy is still hard to predict; but in the worst-case scenario, we could record a rise of global inflation, a significant slowdown in economic growth worldwide and even a new global recession followed by higher unemployment and a decline in real incomes ...
... piece of foreign policy agenda [
4
]. A conceptual difference in how Russia and India see connectivity is also to grasp.
For Moscow the idea has a clear outward focus and comprehensive nature, as it is trying to find the way to organise vast space around ... ... Foreign Policy Concept states Russia’s unique geographic position and its transit potential as a means to advance national economy and improve transport and infrastructural connectivity in the region [
5
]. However, the document pays more attention ...
... the one hand, communication is a favourable tool for strengthening partnerships with the Chinese. Chinese culture, including diplomatic culture, pays more attention to words and images than, for example, American culture. China’s foreign policy discourse is filled with elegant formulations that can be perceived as signals of Beijing’s non-confrontational intentions. China characterizes its dialogue with Russia as interaction between great powers of a “new type”, “relations of comprehensive ...
... Strategic Cooperation to Ensure Security in Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal. RIAC Report
In the present circumstances, the situation can unfold in several different ways, and each scenario can reshape the existing terrorist threats and risks for the SCO and CIS region in some manner.
The first scenario can be described as moderately optimistic. Many countries, particularly and primarily most SCO members, have already de facto accepted the need for constructive engagement with the Taliban government ...
... Russian Federation to Azerbaijan; Elshad Iskandarov, Ambassador-at-Large of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry; RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev and AIR Center Chairman Farid Shafiyev. The speakers pointed out the positive trend in the development of Moscow–Baku relations, their resilience amid increasing conflict in international relations at the global level and in the regional dimension. Furthermore, both countries see considerable and progressive pace at which their scope of engagement deepens ...
... motivations behind the planned trip.
Andrey Kortunov:
More Advanced Collaboration Expected in 2024 China-Russia Ties
First,
courtesy
. In March of 2023, after he had been reelected as 7
th
Chairman of the People's Republic of China, XI Jinping chose Moscow as his first foreign destination. This decision was duly appreciated by everyone in Russia, including even those who do not follow international affairs. Vladimir Putin was reelected as 3
rd
President of the Russian Federation in March of this year ...
... International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
The ninth annual report “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2023 Model” analyzes Russia–China relations from the second and fourth quarters of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023. During this period, Moscow–Beijing relations were significantly affected by the external environment; namely, state tendencies towards escalating confrontation. This report focuses on Russia and China’s place in the changing world order and the possible opportunities these ...
