... the difference in cultures.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
The Coming Bipolarity and Its Implications: Views from China and Russia
Unlike the US/EU, the Asia-Pacific has been mostly able to keep the pandemic under control and is now trying to restore ... ... economies as quickly as possible. An important step was the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership between 10 ASEAN countries, as well as five partner countries (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand) during the online summit ...
... main “pillars” of the cooperation
On October 23, 2019, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a lecture by H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of the Kingdom of Cambodia, “The Relations between ASEAN and Russia”.
In his speech, Dr. Hang described in detail the relations between Russia and ASEAN, highlighting three main “pillars” of the cooperation. The first one is a political dialogue, which is being implemented through Russia's active participation ...
On October 23, 2019, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will host a lecture by H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of the Kingdom of Cambodia, "The Relations between ASEAN and Russia".
On October 23, 2019, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will host a lecture by H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of the Kingdom of Cambodia, "The Relations between ASEAN and Russia"....
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Currently, more than 20 countries and blocs have expressed interest in creating an FTA with the Eurasian Economic Union, including the likes of Egypt, Jordan, Thailand and Chile. There are also memoranda signed with trade blocs such as Mercosur and ASEAN on joint cooperation and potential liberalization initiatives. Overall, Russia together with partners from the Eurasian Economic Union is starting from a low base in terms of the number of alliances – currently there are only the FTA accords with Vietnam (2015) and Iran (2018), as well as a non-preferential trade accord ...
... manufacturing GDP for exports. Besides the civilizational contacts, the process of fostering comprehensively intimating ties with the ASEAN comity of nations, as with other economic titans in East Asia, has been a signature initiative of the Modi government during ... ... wide ocean ‘Indo-Pacific’ space, away from singularized ascent and towards a shared commons.
What about the US, China, and Russia?
The greatest operative determinant to Indian foreign policy, as it seeks to carve-up prominent stock for itself within ...
... institutional opportunities offered by ASEAN. This association has become one of the most successful examples of inclusive development. ASEAN, as an international organization, provides various perspectives for foreign policy, e.g., creating a permanent Russia-ASEAN format promoting mutual collaboration. As Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov
wrote: “We have everything it takes — political will, old traditions of friendship, a solid foundation of cooperation and mutual interest of all sides. We, therefore,...
... similiarly Australia’s exports to China have soared from $AUD7 billion in 2000 to last year’s figure of around AU$129.5 billion. As for the wider region, according to the Association of Southeast Nation (ASEAN)’s data set, total trade between Russia and ASEAN member countries increased by 40.3 percent from almost AU$17 billion in 2016 to just under AU$24 billion in 2017. Australia’s regional economic engagement has emerged as even more dramatic: the country is one of ASEAN ’s top three trading partners,...
... interests not just of Australia, but of all countries. Irrespective of the current deterioration and diminished levels of trust in relations with the US, we would hope that Russia will play a constructive role into the future.
Ekaterina Koldunova:
ASEAN, EAS and APEC: What Russia Achieved in 2018
Under what circumstances can relations between Russia and Australia be improved?
We would first need to see some genuine improvement in relations between Russia and Ukraine, which does not seem particularly likely in the short ...
... managed to gradually increase trade and economic cooperation, demonstrating that the 2015–2016 drop was a temporary phenomenon rather than the start of Russia’s long-term economic weakening in the region. Speaking at the plenary session of the 3rd ASEAN-Russian Federation Summit on Strategic Partnership, Vladimir Putin noted that trade turnover grew by 35 per cent in 2017, and mutual accumulated investment exceeded
USD 25 billion
. Even though the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and ...
... East Asia Summit (EAS) in Singapore this November. This will mark the first time that the Russian leader has attended the event since the country became full member of the EAS. Putin will also pay a state visit to Singapore and take part in the Fourth ASEAN–Russia Summit [
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Andrey Kortunov:
Indo-Pacific or Community of Common Destiny?
The President’s participation in the EAS has been a long time coming and his attendance will demonstrate that Russia is taking multilateral diplomacy in Asia seriously ...
