... that have developed since 2022, which have spurred trade between India and Russia, are unlikely to disappear overnight. The rivalry between Russia and the West will persist, and with it, various economic sanctions will remain a long-term factor. Their scope is so vast that exhausting them quickly is simply impossible. Moreover, the sustainability of any agreements raises significant questions. For example, it is unclear how US policy will change in the event of a new administration.
Ultimately, Russia ...
... political and economic structures enjoyed undeniable superiority.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Architecture: Five Questions and Five Answers
In reality, European security began to splinter along multiple lines.
First
, NATO’s eastward enlargement. Moscow reacted with restraint to the accession of former Warsaw Pact allies and even the Baltic countries into the Alliance, particularly since it was not accompanied by the deployment of significant US or other major NATO contingents in the new member ...
... Strategic Cooperation to Ensure Security in Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal. RIAC Report
In the present circumstances, the situation can unfold in several different ways, and each scenario can reshape the existing terrorist threats and risks for the SCO and CIS region in some manner.
The first scenario can be described as moderately optimistic. Many countries, particularly and primarily most SCO members, have already de facto accepted the need for constructive engagement with the Taliban government ...
... motivations behind the planned trip.
Andrey Kortunov:
More Advanced Collaboration Expected in 2024 China-Russia Ties
First,
courtesy
. In March of 2023, after he had been reelected as 7
th
Chairman of the People's Republic of China, XI Jinping chose Moscow as his first foreign destination. This decision was duly appreciated by everyone in Russia, including even those who do not follow international affairs. Vladimir Putin was reelected as 3
rd
President of the Russian Federation in March of this year ...
To be instrumental the SCO has to resist the temptation to find a narrowly defined focus for its future activities. The breadth of its mandate is yet another comparative advantage to be preserved and expanded
When I came to New Delhi in early February, I could observe a lot ...
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the tenth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard...
... differences were set aside to make transformative progress in defence, fintech and connectivity, commencing a new era of India-Russia relations fit for the 21st century
The India–Russia leaders’ summit and ministerial meetings in New Delhi on Dec. 6, scored big. Differences were set aside to make transformative progress in defence, fintech and connectivity among other sectors, commencing a new era of India-Russia relations fit for the 21
st
century.
Aleksei Zakharovv:
Russia-India Summit: Is the ...
The only way the relations between New Delhi and Islamabad can return to normal is within a broader international context. The same is true of Moscow — Kiev relations
India and Russia are two great powers on the Eurasian continent, and it is for a good reason that they both claim a proactive role in establishing a new order on the continent as well as globally. The two countries epitomize ...
While keeping an eye on Kabul, Moscow is not sitting back
The chaotic US exit strategy from Afghanistan, the quick Taliban takeover, the resurgence of Isis-K attacks and the rise of militant factions have emphasized the need for other international actors to fill the void left by the ...
The time has come for SCO member states to bring this body out to the light and to rise up to a new, post-US Afghan challenge
The US is withdrawing from Afghanistan. Twenty years of the US-led foreign intervention has brought neither prosperity, nor stability, to the country....
