RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #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...
A golden route to the economic prosperity of Iran?
Recently, the development of the North-South international transportation corridor has been widely
discussed
in Russia, due to its economic benefits, as well as reorientation of the Russian economy from West to East. This route is the shortcut from Russia to India. It was first
used
by the Russian merchant ...
... government’s logistics ambitions lead?
In May 2023, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has announced the country’s readiness to launch an international transit corridor to Iran, Iraq and Turkey as part of the major East-West international transport corridor (ITC). According to the Turkmen leader, Turkmenistan, with its favorable geographical location, is turning into one of the hubs where regional
transport routes
meet. The country’s advantages include access to sea, improved railroad ...
... Egypt had lost about $90m in revenues. The overall financial losses from the Canal being blocked for six days have been estimated at between $5bn and $10bn. While being significant, these costs are far from excessive, if split between the deep-pocketed transport and insurance companies affected by the incident.
Now let us imagine as if the Suez Canal were blocked following a well-planned and professionally executed terror attack. For obvious reasons, modern container ships are not equipped with security ...
... on key areas for cooperation. The report provides an analysis of bilateral economic ties between the two countries, strategic challenges in the Middle East, regional issues related to the Black Sea and the Caucasus and the development of a Eurasian transport corridor.
Deepening Russia-Turkey Relations
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... entitles “Eurasian Economic Integration: Effective Models of Experts’ Interaction.” The aim of this publication is to present the views of experts on the development of the EAEU up until 2025. The paper considers promising areas of integration: transport and logistics; agro-industrial policy; the free movement of goods, labour and education in the EAEU space; and the prospects for the EAEU’s international ties up to 2025. This, of course, is not an exhaustive list of possible areas for integration....
INSTC route will facilitate seamless movement of goods and commodities between India and Russia as well as other CIS countries via Iran
I. INTUC: An Introduction
The 7,200 km International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a multi-mode transport network linking Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, and onward to northern Europe via St. Petersburg, Russia. Throughout this network, freight between India, Russia, Iran, Europe ...
Syria’s Transit Future
Syria has always played an important role in the development of Middle East transport corridors, and the country has long held a particularly special place in the transit of energy resources.
Due to the mass protests that began in Syria in March 2011, and escalated into civil war, the country no longer occupies the position of ...
International Cooperation in the Transport Sector
Due to its vast hydrocarbon reserves and the greater role played by fundamental factors determining political and energy security, many industrialized states regard the Arctic as a key strategic region. Its industrial development would ...
On Friday, August 24, 2012, RIAC organized a seminar on “Transport and Logistics Issues on the G20 Agenda”.
The seminar was opened by RIAC General Director Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev. Among the participants were several Russian leading G20 experts, transport specialists and representatives ...
