... conflict in the short term. US resources are expended and diverted from containing China. If Washington becomes bogged down in the Iranian campaign, Beijing’s gains will increase. For Iran itself, China stands to become an even more important partner.
India
India is not critically affected by the crisis either, although it suffers economic losses from higher oil prices. A large number of Indians work in the Gulf countries. New Delhi will likely be able to maintain a stable position no matter how the ...
...
agreements
were reached with
Bluefors
for volumes of up to 10,000 liters per year in 2028–2037, and with
Maybell Quantum
for thousands of liters annually in 2029–2035. Together with the heavy equipment manufacturer
Vermeer
, the company has built a full-scale ... ... only with refueling and fuel production beyond Earth.
Andrey Kortunov:
Space development: Star Wars or Star Trek?
China and India are also actively participating in this race. As a key step in preparing for a future crewed landing at the Moon’s South ...
... allies and partners do not prevent Washington from adding individuals and companies from their jurisdictions to US sanctions lists. For example, since February 2022, the US has applied secondary financial sanctions for ties to Russia against nearly a thousand companies in a wide variety of jurisdictions, from EU countries to post-Soviet states. The largest number of these companies are located in China, the UAE, Turkey, and India. In all cases, secondary sanctions have not caused any noticeable diplomatic complications in these countries’ relations with the US. Moreover, the EU and UK themselves are actively developing the practice of applying secondary
sanctions in relation ...
In South Asia’s naval realm, new U.S.-India framework risks disturbing that balance by having advanced technology flows and blue water operational dependencies
The announcement on October 31, 2025, of a new ten-year
Defense Framework
between the United States and India at Kuala Lumpur ...
... throughout most of continental Eurasia is the high degree of autonomy that states located there have in making foreign policy decisions. This does not mean that competition or even armed conflict between them is impossible – the relationship between India and Pakistan is an example. However, given that most Eurasian countries base their foreign policies on their own considerations, rather than seeing them in the context of those of other major players, it suggests that such competition can be reliably ...
... reality began to change. Despite all the caution in the Ukrainian issue and the reluctance to get involved in the “Russian rebellion”, the key powers of the world majority responded to the threats of the stick with polite but cold firmness. China and India continue to cooperate with Russia. Moreover, there are rudimentary signs of rapprochement between Beijing and New Delhi. Their relations are too burdened with problems and contradictions to expect quick breakthroughs. However, even such small steps ...
... 2025
Report No. 99 / 2025
The following report focuses on the Middle Eastern policies of extra-regional actors and their transformation in changing conditions. It concentrates on studying the strategies pursued by Russia, the U.S., the EU, China and India in the Middle East. The report also examines how Middle Eastern countries perceive extra-regional actors as they aspire to build pragmatic and balanced relationships with external partners.
Extra-Regional Actors in the Middle East
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... network of partnerships and security alliances—by promoting interoperability and its warfighting capabilities. The quadrilateral cooperation mechanism, known as the
Quad
, is a manifestation of this approach based on a minilateral grouping among U.S., India, Australia, and Japan. Shared interests, democratic values, and strong people-to-people ties underpin this partnership. Although the Quad’s agenda seemed opaque since its inception,
evolving
to cater traditional security threats, the member states ...
... barrier. For the U.S., this is a chance to recalibrate trade policies, leveraging BRICS' diverse strengths—China's scale, India's tech innovation, Brazil's resources, and the UAE's hubs—to access new markets with improved, mutually beneficial tariffs.... ... partner network (Algeria, Nigeria, and beyond) signal BRICS openness to inclusive growth, not exclusionary dominance.
For the USA, embracing this bloc means amplifying its global reach, not relinquishing it—trading with a powerhouse that thrives on entrepreneurial ...
... globally. The U.S.-led new economic order produced enormous economic output, societal change but also new concerns. China’s remarkable rise was the product of the post-war economic order. China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, other Asian tigers, and India have developed, leaving their “poor country” status behind to become great major powers within the international system. The U.S. also achieved tremendous economic growth, establishing a technological monopoly until China recently started challenging ...
