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On November 6, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held another City Breakfast, on the theme “The U.S.–Japan–Republic of Korea Triangle in the Face of New Challenges,” at the F.M. Dostoevsky Library On November 6, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held another City Breakfast, on the theme “The U.S.–Japan–Republic of Korea Triangle ...
... seventh-largest supplier. Gas cooperation also involved plans to build a pipeline network from Russia to the South Korean city of Busan via North Korea. The project was valued at no less than $2.5 billion, with no serious technical hurdles to implementation,... ... will facilitate North Korea’s possible integration into Northeast Asia’s transport system in the foreseeable future. The Republic of Korea has consistently expressed interest in modernizing ports in Russia’s Far East, particularly Zarubino in Primorsky ...
... the infamous Japanese “Unit 731”, which operated in a Harbin suburb and was responsible for the cruelest murdering of thousands of civilians, about 30% of whom were local Russians residing in the city during WW2. However, at the end of the day, the ... ... the latter difference was evident—socialist countries in Asia (the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) never collapsed, imploded or converted to Western-style capitalism like ...
... estimated by the US Naval Institute (USNI), the total number of SM-3 interceptors of different versions is 265 with more than a thousand SM-6 interceptors for destroying targets in the atmosphere at a distance of up to 370 km. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet alone,... ... territory, similar to those on duty in Poland and Romania. Andrey Kortunov: US-Led Arms Race Could Push Mankind into the Abyss The Republic of Korea has three Aegis BMDS destroyers equipped with interceptors (mostly SM-6). Seoul is also building an echeloned ...
... foreign media and academic articles, they increasingly often refer to a “Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang axis” that is emerging in Northeast Asia (NEA). Under these circumstances, Western authors believe, the U.S. and its main Pacific allies, Japan and the Republic of Korea, should close their ranks even more. Such reasoning is constructed for some alternative reality as it suffers from a lack of causality. More so, it is absolutely unclear why the formats of cooperation between “liberal democracies” are so much better than the cooperation of “autocracies.” The TAO of security Andrey Kortunov: US — Japan — South Korea Military Cooperation ...
The growing US-Japanese-South Korean military cooperation inevitably leads to stronger China-Russia-North Korea ties The Russian-North Korean negotiations this month have provoked a lot of hype, particularly in the West. It is assumed by the West that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's trip might indicate a profound change in Moscow's overall approach to the security problems on the Korean Peninsula. Allegedly, a new so-called "Moscow-Beijing-Pyongyang axis" that harbors unquestionable...
On May 27, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held an online meeting with Lee Sok-bae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia. On May 27, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held an online meeting with Lee Sok-bae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia. The following international problems related to the current aggravation of ...
... for the restrictions is Tokyo’s concerns that South Korea violates intellectual property rights South Korea denies all accusations. Its arguments are logical: Iran and Syria are friends of North Korea, therefore, Seoul has no reasons to help their ... ... materials. On August 2, the Cabinet of Japan approved the decision to take South Korea off its “white list” (where the Republic of Korea was the only Asian state), thereby depriving it of trade preferences in regard to the materials mentioned above....
US Antipathy to Inter-Korean Rapprochement and Russia’s Role in Conflict Prevention Thanks to the “New Year’s” initiatives of Kim Jong-un – to which South Korean Moon Jae-in responded for his own reasons – significant progress was made in the inter-Korean dialogue at the highest level during the recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (the possibility of an inter-Korean summit is even on the table), although the main achievements thus far have been in terms of good PR rather than concrete agreements...
... since, for security reasons, Kim Jong-un cannot travel to the South and he hardly wants to travel to China, and because holding a third successive summit in North Korea is fraught with political costs for the South Korean leader. 1 . G. Toloraya. The Republic of Korea. Moscow: Mysl, 1990, p. 44. 2 . The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Moscow: Nauka, 1985, pp. 260–262; Nodon sinmun, Pyongyang, 7.4.1993.
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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