... especially in the Euro-Atlantic region, that the Group of Twenty summit in Brisbane could mark a breakthrough in international relations?
Victoria Panova
Victoria Panova
: There was more chance of some kind of breakthrough at the meeting of leaders at the APEC Forum that took place a few days before the G20 summit. Just as in 2003 the winner’s garland for conditional and limited peace-making after the Iraqi disagreements went to Vladimir Putin, who invited the leaders of the G8 countries, among others,...
... community of the U.S. West Coast.
Reflecting the sides’ specific characteristics, the topics included international activities in Asia-Pacific, the China factor in today’s world, development of the Russian Far East in the context of the APEC economic processes, future Russia-U.S. cooperation with regard to their common maritime boundary. Separate attention was given to the processes in the post-Soviet space, chiefly the Ukraine crisis and the situation in the Caucasus.
The event was ...
The Outcomes of the Second Asia-Pacific Forum
The Outcomes of the Second Asia-Pacific Forum
On October 12–13, 2012, the Second Asia-Pacific Forum was held in Moscow, organized by the Russian International Affairs Council and Russian APEC Study Center in partnership with the International Affairs magazine.
Representatives from government authorities, expert and business communities of Russia, the United States, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines attended the event....
Education and science make a key issue of Russia’s chairmanship in the APEC, at the same time being a major 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 ...
... 1990s, a lot of work was done on identifying the best practices for FTAs. What needs to happen is to ensure that these blocks act to promote regional and global integration rather than offering exclusive processes. Now, after this work was done, the APEC process formally started following its own agenda on FTAs and RTAs, and started designing chapters for FTAs.
I see a direct correlation between the thinking within PECC, creating highlights on important issues, and then giving passing this document ...
Interview by Alexandre Panov, Chief Researcher, the USA and Canada Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences; corr. member, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
– Alexandre, at APEC 2012, Russia and Japan signed a series of agreements, notably the MoU on the Vladivostok LNG Project. What are the prospects for Russia-Japan cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, including nuclear energy?
– Japan is a unique country, ...
... and economic partners are likewise in Asia, above all China, which has recently become number one in the general trade turnover with this country. Russia is a member of the chief Asian multilateral organizations, not excepting such influential ones as APEC.
And yet many people in Asia continue to regard Russia as not quite Asian. Possibly because ethnically, religiously and politically speaking, Russia has always gravitated toward Europe rather than Asia. Or else because the bulk of Russia’s ...
Interview with Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Foreign opinion
This September Russia hosted the APEC summit in Vladivostok, building upon the success of USA’s APEC presidency of 2011. In this special interview for the RIAC Andrew Kuchins (Center for Strategic and International Studies) analyses Russia’s achievements and challenges it ...
... creation of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, inter-civilization collaboration, and the countering of terrorism. Finally, we should not discount the fundamental area that is trade and economic cooperation.
[Chernenko] The APEC summit was held in the Russian Federation recently. But why is Russia not being very active in building the infrastructure for the export of raw material to Asia - far less active than, for instance, Australia and Central Asia. What is this linked ...
On May 2012 RIA Novosti press-center hosted a roundtable on “Russian Presidency in APEC: Prospects for the Business and the State”. The event organized by the Russian International Information Agency jointly with the National APEC Business Center was attended by prominent diplomats and experts – G. Ivashentsov, Ambassador Extraordinary ...
