... is obviously totally voluntary. The countries that choose to do it, and the collaboration that occurs, for example, between China and these individual nations that are part of the Belt and Road Initiative, is voluntary. And China does not attempt to ... ... the 1800s, when the actual idea was brought out in the United States by the Lincoln Administration for what was then the Transcontinental Railroad. And that was understood: the landmass of the United States would be uplifted economically by having these ...
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. The United States also promised that it would ...
Results of the SCO summit in Bishkek
Ensuring security and creating favorable conditions for the ... ... to its ranks. At the same time, while last year’s Shanghai 8 meeting in Qingdao, China was a sort of overture for its two new members, the Kyrgyzstan summit demonstrated... ... necessary to note the progressive growth of interaction within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which celebrated its fifth anniversary on the eve of the SCO summit. Let us not...
... internal development of both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The starting points for this cycle were the 19th National Congress of the Communist... ... negotiations on the substance of the agreement on trade and economic cooperation. The EAEU member states are taking an active role in the construction of the Belt and Road... ... Active political coordination and a streamlined trade regime will allow Beijing and Moscow to simplify trade and investment procedures, thus taking the bilateral trade and...
The future of the SCO may consist in the role of integrator for the efforts of numerous players in the ... ... summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which will take place in Qingdao, China on June 9 and 10. The event is already being touted by the media and official... ... zone would eventually lead to that organization replacing the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as the key driver of Eurasian integration, thus depriving Russia of the central...
... Valdai Discussion Club. This organization will hold a
conference
in Shanghai on 25–6 April, with the title of “Russia and China: Contemporary Development Challenges.”
Igor Ivanov:
Russia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy: New Challenges, New Horizons
... ... proposed to initiate consultations on the formation of an economic partnership between the Eurasian Economic Union member states (EAEU), ASEAN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Throughout 2016, the concept was repeatedly recited at various multilateral venues, having in effect become the flagship ...
