... of the CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Academic Director, delivered opening remarks.
During the roundtable, leading Russian and Chinese experts discussed the development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the context of world order transformation and its role in modernizing global economy. The experts summarized the ten-year evolution of the initiative and compared the BRI with alternative projects of other actors. Special attention was paid to ...
An important task for the future for Russia is to sync the EAEU and the BRI, developing a roadmap and pointing to projects that could demonstrate its concrete content
In the 10 years since Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21
st
Century Maritime Silk Road in 2013, which are the two ...
... we have in the world economy today.
How does this approach differ from the Western approach to global development? Western countries also build infrastructure, a lot of different facilities in other countries. What is the main difference between the BRI and the standard Western approach?
Well, as for the Western approach, one must look at it in two ways. One is historically; there have been times when Western industrialization was and has been quite effective, at least internally in terms of US commitment ...
..., Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Beijing and reiterated her intention to deepen the partnership in trade, investment, defense and infrastructure.
As of 2022, more than
500 Chinese companies
were active in Bangladesh building roads, bridges, tunnels, power plants, and modernizing seaports. As reported by
Chinese Ambassador
to Bangladesh Li Jiming, the amount of Chinese investment in the country’s economy in 2021 tripled as compared to 2020, reaching USD 1.26 billion. This became ...
... achievements in bilateral trade and economic cooperation as well as military and technological interaction, study ties in education, culture, sports, media and related areas, and the problems they entail. The experts present practical recommendations aimed at bringing the partnership to a new level. For the first time, priority is given to scientific and technological cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, in particular, to the prospects of developing relations in the field of artificial intelligence.
Authors:
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Russia needs to clearly define its long-term priorities and interests within the BRI
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of the United States Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29 to discuss the resumption of trade and economic talks between the two countries. ...
... his recent visit to Moscow,
“rebuked”
Vladimir Putin for not paying sufficient attention to the Italian people. In Italy, this lack of attention is seen as a sign that the country is not coping well with its role of a “protagonist” and a “bridge” between the West and the East. For Russia, a dialogue with Italy is more than just a conversation with a partner who is willing to listen and establish relations based on mutual trust — it is an opportunity to convey Russian opinions on key ...
... neighbors (primarily with Russia and China) and increase India’s role in regional and global affairs, which is the object of the country’s progressively growing desire. These developments also open new opportunities for broad cooperation within BRICS and the consultative mechanism of three SCO members — Russia, India, and China (known as RIC). The next RIC meeting is scheduled to take place alongside the upcoming BRICS summit in Osaka in late June 2019, which will be held concurrently with ...
... China having access to the sea, Georgia increasing its protection against Russia, and Russia assuming the People’s Army will bring Georgia closer to the East and away from Western institutions.
Besides the military projection, we can’t deny the strong ... ... sanctions, Russia sees in China an opportunity to strengths its economic power too. The Kremlin hopes to take advantage of the OBOR to develop its infrastructure, particularly in the Siberian region (Beijing has issued the possibility to use the Trans-Siberian ...
... President of the United States Donald Trump. However, the key vigilantes when it comes to China are not individual politicians, but some very reputable international experts. President of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) Thierry de Montbrial is
says
that China is “playing the intra-European controversies,” using a “quasi-imperial” strategy in its efforts to implement the Belt and Road Initiative and striving to become the leading world power in the next few decades. IFRI Director ...
