On December 5 the Embassy of New Zealand to Russia hosted a meeting for Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Alexander Gabuyev, RIAC expert, head of the “Russia in Asia–Pacific” program of the Carnegie Moscow Center, and other Russian experts with Jeff Langley, Deputy Minister for Europe, Middle East and Africa Affairs and Jocelyn Woodley, Senior Adviser on European issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The pending issues of Russian policy trends in Asia Pacific...
... Director General Andrey Kortunov met with Australian Ambassador to Russia Peter Tesch and Head of the Political Section of the Embassy Ted Burgell.
The participants of the meeting discussed bilateral Russian-Australian relations, security issues in the Asia-Pacific, and prospects for cooperation between the two countries in solving problems of global governance (ensuring global food supply security, above all).
In spite of constant assertions by officials that Russia is a Eurasian power, recent years have seen growing references to Russia's pivot towards the East and commitment to interaction priority with Asia. Often the sharp turn towards the Asia-Pacific Region is mentioned in the context of Russia's deteriorating relations with Western countries, which make it necessary to compensate for the losses caused by geopolitical confrontation and sanctions imposed against Russia in 2014.
Yet this ...
On July 18, 2016, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met with RoK Ambassador in Moscow Park Ro-byug to discuss a variety of issues pertaining to Russia’s policy in Asia-Pacific, among them:
— Historical, economic and strategic significance of the fastest developing territories and Russia’s New Eastern Policy (Pivot to Asia).
— Steps to be taken by Moscow to bring into balance future cooperation ...
... region is the East and South China Seas, the two countries are essential as the strategic rearguards of security and thus prosperity in Asia.
For Australian foreign policy, there is even a clearer interest in Russia. As the Cold War drew to a close, the Asia-Pacific has essentially become a region of U.S. maritime dominance — a situation Australia was totally comfortable with, given the elaborate security alignment the United States and Australia have. But then China started to rise and demonstrate ...
A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea
A more concise version of this article was published as a CCTV Panview Oped.
The rhetorical war between the China and the United States over the South China Sea dispute is increasing in tempo and magnitude by the week. The US is wasting no time, resource and effort in sponsoring seminars, talks and think tank confabs to drive a wedge between China and other claimant nations in the region. Ambitious young ASEAN scholars and diplomats, anxious to boost...
... interests. It is safe to say that one of Chatham House’s main points was to help the European allies of the United States mentally prepare for such a choice, which would be inevitable
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Will NATO pass the China test?
Salvatore Babones:
The Asia-Pacific: More Stable than Anyone Thinks
Will Europeans show their solidarity with Washington in case of a possible US–China conflict? The future of not only the North Atlantic Alliance, but also the Atlantic community, will depend on the answer....
... interact verbally with, because it should lead in all directions according to the definition.
But, if one rates the priority directions of the foreign policy accordingly to the text of The Strategy, then one can see them arranging in the following order: Asia-Pacific, then, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. North America and South America take the last place. Therefore, judging by the text of the document, we can draw the conclusion on the priority of Asia-Pacific for the White House in building ...
Panview: Geo-politics in the Asia-Pacific region continues to face turbulent times. What are your thoughts about the current state of this region?
Maavak: Actually, they are not as "turbulent" as the Western media makes them out to be. Verbal spats – common to the ...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement signed in February 2016 is one of the main achievements of US policy of promoting American multinational companies interests in the Asia-Pacific Region (APR). Sources close to the White House claim that more than 600 US corporations were involved in the text drafting and preliminary negotiations with partner countries. All TPP countries are APEC economies. Australia, Canada, Mexico,...
