... discussion, special attention was paid to China's role in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region at large. Vietnamese experts also presented Hanoi's position on Russian‑Chinese initiatives in Eurasia and noted that deeper cooperation between Moscow and Beijing could significantly affect the relations of the pair with the ASEAN countries. In this context, Vietnam adheres to the balancing strategy and pursues cooperation with all priority partners.
Russian experts indicated Russia’s readiness to deepen relations with Vietnam both in the bilateral format and within BRICS+,...
... multilateral understanding on North Korea, but rather how to make sure that the ongoing Russia-DPRK rapprochement is not looked at with suspicions or discontent from Beijing. In the South East Asia this shift has been so far less articulated, but Moscow’s attempts to reach out to ASEAN have had only limited success (for instance, the Russia-ASEAN trade turnout over last couple of years amounted to only USD 20–25 billion). At the same time, Russia has become more supportive of China on the issue of Taiwan.
An important task for ...
... different conditions than in Europe, and the closest analogue can only be the cooperation of the Southeast Asian countries within ASEAN. A distinctive feature of the European institutions for security and cooperation is their forceful nature. The Organisation ... ... formalise the balance of power between the major powers, first as of 1975 and then after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The SCO, in turn, was created without taking into account the balance of forces among the participants. Moreover, they were not in ...
... in Latin America and the Eurasian economies from the Global South. The Eurasian constellation of developing economies can be formed on the basis of the aggregation of the main regional integration blocs such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), ASEAN, SAARC, EAEU. Such an extended platform across all three continents of the Global South may be termed as TRIA (
Trilateral Intercontinental Alliance
) and it comprises nearly 125-130 developing economies (depending on the exact methodological approach ...
... peoples of our countries. A unifying agenda is being promoted by the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop Greater Eurasian Partnership. Participation in it is open to all states of the continent, including the members of the EAEU, SCO, ASEAN, as well as, in case there is such interest, the European Union. Systematic implementation of the initiative will not only strengthen positive connectivity and improve the competitiveness of all participants but will also be a solid foundation in ...
... environment. In other words, Beijing perceives the Shanghai spirit not as an abstract concept but rather as an issue of its foreign policy.
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In your 2012 article "ASEAN and Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Similar Trends and Tasks,"
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you wrote that the two organizations could supplement each other without causing any harm to their independence. Have you noticed any signs of their practical engagement ...
