... 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 the development of transport corridors in Eurasia and opportunities for cooperation between Russia and China in building Greater Eurasian Partnership.
Among the participants were Sergey Luzyanin, Professor of the Department of Oriental Studies at MGIMO University and the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at HSE University, RIAC Member; Wang Yiwen,...
... for International Cooperation (BRF III). The two heads of state held meetings. As a result of these contacts, the main paths for further development of the bilateral ties were outlined.
Looking back at cultural exchanges, we cannot ignore the Ninth China-Russia Youth Games held in Chongqing in May under the framework of the China-Russia Sports Exchange Year. Additionally, in June, the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev, and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra,...
... Apparently not all the state representatives are sharing this perspective, thus we do not witness any (commonly underpinned) progress—rather emergence of initiatives seemingly deepening the divide between two camps.
In this vein, the future of the Russia-China proposed Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space (PPWT) remains unclear. While some pundits think [
2
] of how to resolve outstanding issues—lacking agreement on the term “space weapon” and inability to compromise the ...
... Cooperation Pushes More Rigid Bipolar Security Arrangement in Northeast Asia
Northeast Asia is an independent region from the socio-economic standpoint rather than from the political perspective. All actors, despite the current difficulties in Japan-China and Russia-Japan relations, stick to the established ties in different areas. Due to the specifics of its political regime and restrictions imposed by the UN Security Council as well by Tokyo and Seoul unilaterally, the DPRK is not heavily involved in economic ...
... policy chief Josep Borrell
stated
that there is only one peace plan for Ukraine – Zelensky’s plan. China’s plan is just a set of well-intentioned wishes. The U.S., too, was
unenthusiastic about
the Chinese proposals, as it continued to reproach China for supporting Russia. In turn, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, answering questions on the role of China in the negotiation process, pointed to the fact that China did not condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine. He also
added
that the Western allies are convinced: ...
... #87 / 2023
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of 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....
... mention the security risks involved. The new land grain corridor to China, when completed, is going to become a powerful booster for the economic and social development of rural areas in the East of Russia.
All these direct benefits notwithstanding, the China-Russia food cooperation should not be constrained to bilateral trade or cross-border investments only. After all, neither nation faces a prospect of critical food shortages: Russia experienced its last famine in the early 1930s, China—in the early 1960s....
... organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Grandview Institution.
During the event leading Russian and Chinese experts presented the views of Moscow and Beijing on global geopolitical trends and discussed opportunities for Sino-Russian interaction in the international arena amidst a changing world order. In addition, during the seminar, current trends in relations between China and the United States were discussed in the context of the ongoing trade war and increasing competition in the field of advanced technology.
The event was attended by Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director General, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Academic Director,...
... hegemony, but in fact it has been losing its financial, economic, and political advantages, said Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences, at an academic forum on Thursday gathering scholars from China, Russia and the US at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
Babaev told the Global Times that the balance of the world is now focusing on China, the US and Russia. The global power balance cannot be achieved without ...
... This discussion unfolded with the active support of Europe, whose leaders until the end of the 2000s hoped to consolidate their association in order to rank among the leading participants in international life, equal in strength to the United States, China or Russia. In fact, it was Europe, its politicians and observers, that made the greatest contribution to the expansion of interpretations of what allows us to talk about a participant in international life as an independent pole. This gave them a little....
