...
statement
made as a result of Putin’s visit sets down the intention of the two sides to pursue a completely new integration initiative – the Comprehensive Eurasian Partnership – which would, in addition to the EAEU and China, include ASEAN countries. The initiative is still sketchy, but if it gets off the ground, the consequences could be immense.
The joint Russia–China statement on strengthening global strategic stability opens with a reference to the “dangerous trend” arising from the desire of “certain states and military-political alliances to achieve complete military and military-political ...
... ASEAN merely to demonstrate the diversity of Russia’s pivot and the breadth of Moscow’s involvement in global affairs.
Meanwhile the question of real interaction between Russia and SEA countries remains open. The 20
th
anniversary of the Russia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership in 2016 is a good occasion to investigate new sources of development for Russian-ASEAN relations. Without purporting to cover the entire topic we would like to suggest two promising areas of search. First, new resources of cooperation ...
... sovereignty will make it unlikely to fall under too much Chinese influence in regional matters, which makes it an attractive counterpart for those concerned with the alleged Chinese quest for dominance.
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Anton Tsvetov, Ian Storey:
ASEAN and Russia Look to Achieve
Their Full Potential
None of this means that multilateral institutions have no role to play. While there are a range of these in Asia, none of them have moved beyond talk shops and require greater commitment and interest from ASEAN ...
... EEU could sign an FTA in 2018 when the city-state and Russia celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations. So far, only Vietnam has signed an FTA with the EEU.
In the realm of sociocultural affairs, the third pillar of the ASEAN Community, 2016 is the ASEAN-Russia Year of Culture. This initiative is designed to strengthen people-to-people contacts, as one can argue that currently, such contacts are perhaps the weakest component of the ASEAN-Russia partnership. Awareness about ASEAN issues and events is very ...
Apart from political dimension of Russia-ASEAN countries relations, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the economic ties that bring them together. Though these economic projects are not as prominent as Russia-Europe or Russia-China ones, they are still expanding step by step....
Holding the Russia-ASEAN summit on the territory of Russia confirms the important role Moscow is playing in the Asia Pacific Region, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov told TASS on Friday.
"I will begin with stating that it is for the first time held on ...
... anniversary of the ASEAN–Russia Dialogue Partnership, as well as the creation of a Russia–ASEAN Eminent Persons Group to prepare a report on joint long-term initiatives. They have also decided to update and add specific projects to the road map of ASEAN-Russia Trade and Investment Cooperation Work Programme and have concerts, exhibitions and festivals as part of the reciprocal Year of Russian and ASEAN Culture in 2016. Judging from the statements of Russian and ASEAN diplomats, their ideas of the principles ...
... interact. The ASEAN has accumulated a large amount of experience in security and preventive diplomacy that could be borrowed for resolving issues in Afghanistan. Moreover, the ASEAN uses very appealing formats, for example, the ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3 and ASEAN+6. Russia, China and India also cooperate with ASEAN, drawing parallels for cooperation that is also part of the SCO agenda. And we do plan to work hard in this area.
In September 2014, Russia will take over the SCO presidency. China already presides over ...
Last Friday, fireworks displays in Sevastopol, Simferopol and Moscow marked Crimea's accession to the Russian Federation. Just before that, the United States introduced first real economic sanctions against Russia by targeting a bank. Half a million Russian MasterCard/Visa cardholders were immediately affected. Responding to this, the Russian government ...
... component in relations with other international organizations. Possessing quite a number of competitive advantages in the field, Moscow is able to offer new opportunities to its foreign partners.
Early this week, the context has highlighted the First Russia-ASEAN Youth Summit organized basically by the MGIMO-University Russia-ASEAN Center and held at its premises.
The Summit participants were addressed by prominent Russian and foreign diplomats and businesspersons, among them MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov,...
