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Six Reasons for Vladimir Putin to Go to China

The trip is likely to be quite special and important In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really a big deal: the Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart, Chairman Xi Jinping had bilateral meetings at least forty times since 2013, when Xi was first elected as Chairman ...

14.05.2024

U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

... Almost 17 years ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that the intensive deployment of the theater missile defense system in the Asia Pacific calls global strategic stability into question, because it could be used against Russia and China. In 2018, the head of Russian diplomacy insistently urged Japan to enter into a dialogue about the U.S. plans to create a global missile defense system to prevent violation of Russia’s interests, in accordance with the principle of indivisible ...

08.05.2024

Eurasian Security Structure: From Idea to Practice

... as the SCO, can be used here. The accumulated experience can then be transformed into permanent institutions focused on a broader range of security issues. Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov: Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security An important issue of the new structure will be its functional orientation. NATO, in the past, emerged as an instrument to contain the USSR, and today the alliance has received a new life, trying to solve the problems of containing ...

15.04.2024

The Caucasus: Between East and West

... state after Russia to integrate the secessionist territory, although the mode of how Karabakh and Chechnya got incorporated significantly differ . The change in the status quo also contributed to Iran’s notable invigoration. Two Eurasian giants, China and India, have also adopted a higher profile in the Caucasus. With the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S., the EU (and France in particular) along with NATO shifted from “competitive cooperation” with ...

01.04.2024

Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

... International Dialogue invited Andrey Kortunov, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council, and Zhao Huasheng, Professor at Fudan University and expert with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations. The world security situation: pessimistic or optimistic? Andrey Kortunov: Recent international developments give few reasons to stay optimistic about global security—at least, in the nearest future. Most of the ongoing conflicts ...

12.03.2024

Space development: Star Wars or Star Trek?

Over the last 20 years, China and Russia promoted the idea of complete demilitarization of outer space During a recent regular press briefing in Washington, John Kirby, White House National Security Communications Advisor, expressed concerns about Russia allegedly working ...

28.02.2024

A Monsoon Instead of a Gentle Breeze: Creeping Nuclearization in the Asia-Pacific

... role in international affairs The East Asian Sea is affected by the East Asian Monsoonal System (EAMS), which carries moist air from the Indian and the Pacific Oceans to East Asia. The EAMS influences the climates of Japan, Korea, and much of coastal China, and thereby affects approximately one-third of the global population. Po, R.C. (2018). The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire. Cambridge University Press. P. 39. Clouds Piling Up The vibrant and lively existence of the ...

26.02.2024

Assisting Africa’s Security and Development Needs Does Not Have to Be a Football Match

... concerned about the eroding Western influence in many places in Africa. It is sufficient to mention that since 2020, there have been eight regime changes in the continent, with many African countries shifting away from their former Western partners to China and to Russia. These days, Beijing funds most of the large-scale African infrastructure development projects, and Moscow is getting more and more involved in providing security for a growing number of African countries. Not surprisingly, most of ...

26.01.2024

Spokes versus Axes: Modalities of Regional Security in Northeast Asia

... sentiments in the Republic of Korea and Japan. Meanwhile, Seoul and Tokyo have become the parties most affected as their ties with China are rapidly deteriorating, while joint projects with Russia are frozen for an indefinite period and their dependence on ... ... actual occupation of part of their territories by the U.S. military. 1 . Buzan B., Waever O. Regions and Powers: the structure of International Security. Cambridge University Press. 2003. 564 p. 2 . Waltz K. Theory of International Politics (1979). Waveland ...

07.11.2023
 

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