Can Moscow make a meaningful contribution to an improvement in China-India relations?
Obviously, the future of Eurasia largely depends on China and India. These two nations demonstrate remarkable resilience in their economic, technological, political, cultural and spiritual growth and maturation. Undoubtedly, their ...
... combination of strategic opportunities, risks and challenges with the rise of uncertain and hard-to-predict factors.” The Chinese leader urged to prepare not for “bad weather” but for a “storm.” For this purpose, the risks for the Chinese economy, the source of which is in the Middle East, should have been minimized, because confrontation with the U.S. looks highly likely.
Gulf countries’ stance toward China
Nikolay Surkov:
De-Escalation for the Gulf—Success and Challenge for China
The Arab monarchies of the Gulf are increasingly being held hostage to U.S.-China competition, with each country building the partnership in its own unique way.
According ...
The trip is likely to be quite special and important
In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really a big deal: the Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart, Chairman Xi Jinping had bilateral meetings at least forty times since 2013, when Xi was first elected as Chairman ...
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serious damage to their own economies on account of huge debts to China. The same concerns are raised about yuan deals, and there are
fears
that China needs them not only to boost its influence, but also solidify financial dependence of other nations on China’s economy and its public institutions.
China actively
refutes
such statements, emphasizing that debt forgiveness or easing of credit terms, in fact, go quite smoothly and on the basis of preserving bilateral relations. For example, with the assistance ...
... sea routes and mainly northward-oriented railway system. In turn, it increases the connection of Central Asia to the global economy at the international level while this tendency provides middle and small businesses with revenue opportunities.
Considering ... ... rise of the digital sector. The most promoting options for the region in the current situation are the Digital Silk Road of China and the Global Gateway of the European Union. These projects may support education and training, infrastructure, data centers,...
... state after Russia to integrate the secessionist territory, although the mode of how Karabakh and Chechnya got incorporated significantly
differ
.
The change in the status quo also contributed to Iran’s notable invigoration. Two Eurasian giants, China and India, have also adopted a higher profile in the Caucasus. With the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S., the EU (and France in particular) along with NATO shifted from “competitive cooperation” with ...
... Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, HSE University; Sergey Tsyplakov, Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics, HSE University; and Sergey Lukonin, Head of the Sector of Economy and Politics of China at RAS Center for Asia Pacific Studies. Yulia Melnikova, RIAC Program Manager, moderated the event.
... concerned about the eroding Western influence in many places in Africa. It is sufficient to mention that since 2020, there have been eight regime changes in the continent, with many African countries shifting away from their former Western partners to China and to Russia. These days, Beijing funds most of the large-scale African infrastructure development projects, and Moscow is getting more and more involved in providing security for a growing number of African countries. Not surprisingly, most of ...
... in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and other parts of the world are likely to continue. The short-term future of the global economy remains highly uncertain. Due to accelerating climate changes, threats of natural disasters are growing all over the planet.... ... island and many other places generate even more uncertainties. To sum up, there will be no shortage of topics that Russia and China could compare notes on in 2024.
The question, however, is whether 2024 turns out to be mostly a continuation of the bilateral ...
Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable manner
When we talk about ‘space economy’, what comes up to our mind? The issue of its ...