... facto sovereignty and, in a sense, a capacity for limited autarky. Therefore, for all the importance of ties outside the West, Russia cannot simply reorient itself from one direction to another while maintaining its historically-formed strategy of dependence ... ... for the dominance of a narrow group of states. Russia and China are jointly responsible for the stability of a huge part of Eurasia.
Bilateral trade and economic relations are developing with the understanding that at some point Russia and China will ...
RIAC, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #78 / 2022
RIAC, Institute of ... ... relations. The authors of the report concentrate on how recent international events influence Russia’s and China’s positions in Eurasia, the prospects of and conditions for the regional development. The report also traditionally looks into main achievements ...
... of which states will survive in the new world is becoming increasingly relevant. It is no coincidence that the President of Russia regularly addresses this problem. In one of his recent speeches at the forum of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Vladimir ... ... contributes to the gradual strengthening of their sovereignty. These republics behave adequately to the power composition of Eurasia because they know how to look at the map. Although in the case of Georgia, the development of this skill does not take ...
What kind of the new world order is Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister expecting?
A “New World Order” (NWO) is emerging before everyone’s eyes, said Aleksandr ... ... Russia so that the U.S. can concentrate more fully on “containing” China. This is not due to any newfound appreciation of the Eurasian great power, which many of them still hate with a passion on account of its pragmatic dealings with Trump and
implementation ...
... what Brazil wanted from MERCOSUR in the 1990s: entry to Washington-proposed FTAA on better terms for itself and its neighbours, the
Greater Europ
being Russia’s FTAA.
While Brazil’s manoeuvres in South America were reluctantly tolerated, in the Eurasian context, the USA and the EU did not want to see Russia even as a submissive center of power talking to them on behalf of a handful of small states. To enter Europe, each country had to pass the EU’s
purgatory
to comply with EU demands on EU terms. For this, the EU had a significant volume of requirements ...
... one of the most representative and authoritative events on international security and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific. Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) has been participating in the event since 2012, since the Forum was launched. Igor ... ... Moscow and Beijing has its own driving forces and its own logic. Likewise, this partnership has nothing to do with ‘dividing Eurasia’; it does not create any threats or challenges to neighboring states.
Second, traditional relations between major powers ...
... former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia; David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom; as well as leading Chinese and foreign experts on international affairs.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, traditionally represented Russia at the event. In 2018 the topic of the «North Pavilion Dialogue» was defined as «2018: Geostrategic Competition in Eurasia and China-the US Relations».
... Quad, designed to unite the four “democracies” of the Indo-Pacific region - the USA, Japan, Australia, and India. Attempts to create a Quad have been ongoing for many... ..., be premature to exaggerate the Quad’s significance for the general situation in Eurasia at the moment. Moreover, the very concept of the Indo-Pacific remains rather... ... sphere of Indian cultural influence (something like the Indian World, compared to the Russian World), while others suggest including China and even Russia within the construct...
... meeting of RIAC members with an American Working Group delegation, established by the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
and the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
, to draw up recommendations on shaping the American foreign policy towards Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia as a whole.
The American delegation was composed of John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of the CIA; Meghan O'Sullivan, former Deputy National Security Advisor on Iraq and Afghanistan; Andrew Weiss, Vice-President for Studies at the Carnegie ...
... Caucasus if political institutions are weak or the political situation unfavourable, leading to risks of radicalization across Eurasia. Preventing this scenario from being realised is in the interest of all the region’s governments.
United States
... ... Afghanistan, US interests in the region are now focused on shoring up the Afghan government. The region is also important to the USA as a theatre in which to contain the economic influence of China and to block integration projects involving Russia. In addition, the threat of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and the possible destabilization of Afghanistan ...
