Like Russia, India is likely to resist the evolution of the international system towards a rigid U.S.-China bipolarity since such an evolution would inevitably deprive New Delhi of the freedom of manoeuvring that it enjoys now
... ... multilateral arrangements. This process will undoubtedly continue. In particular, one can envisage further institutionalization of Quad leading to a more diverse multifaceted collaboration between India, Japan, Australia and U.S. A broader agenda for “the ...
... a number of developments, ranging from the build-up of the once-stagnant four-party Quad partnership (featuring the U.S., India, Japan and Australia) to Washington’s... ... clear, though: India’s mounting concerns over sustained economic and military rise in China, its close neighbor.
While India could set out to single-handedly counterweigh... ... present in China’s foreign policy toolbox as has been demonstrated by Beijing’s refusal to purchase Australian coal. It should also be noted that Moscow is forced to reckon...
... order, ensuring freedom on the seas, unimpeded commerce and advancing human rights. Although the U.S. Vice President noted that China continues to coerce and intimidate, Washington’s engagement in Southeast Asia, she argued, is not against any country,... ... ASEAN member states choose between countries. At the same time, almost all Indo-Pacific states, either known as the so-called Quad—the United States, Japan, India and Australia—or those willing to join the initiative on a less binding basis, have already ...
... the whole, the factors driving the Indo-Pacific strategy forward are clearly stronger than the constraints.
Prospects for the Squad-based Indo-Pacific
The political will of the U.S., Japan, India and Australia to foster the Indo-Pacific cooperation is ... ... the extent of this remains uncertain.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
The Coming Bipolarity and Its Implications: Views from China and Russia
At the same time, the relations between the four countries with China are in decline, and there is no possibility ...
Russia and India are going to lose a lot if they have to take sides in this forthcoming US-China rivalry
"Russia is losing India!"—I have been hearing such lamentations in Moscow for as long as I have followed ... ... industrial strategy. There are significant areas of disagreement between the two countries on many international matters including QUAD, Afghanistan, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and others. In 2020, for the first time in 20 years, Moscow and ...
Interview with Peter Tesch, Ambassador of Australia to the Russian Federation
What are the features of Australia’s approach to the conception of Indo-Pacific? What perspectives does Australia see for the Quad? Is China mainly a partner or a competitor to Australia? What place should Russia take in world politics? His Excellency
Mr Peter Tesch
, Ambassador of Australia to the Russian Federation, shares his thoughts on these and other issues.
Anton Tsvetov:
Australia,...
