... policy chief Josep Borrell
stated
that there is only one peace plan for Ukraine – Zelensky’s plan. China’s plan is just a set of well-intentioned wishes. The U.S., too, was
unenthusiastic about
the Chinese proposals, as it continued to reproach China for supporting Russia. In turn, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, answering questions on the role of China in the negotiation process, pointed to the fact that China did not condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine. He also
added
that the Western allies are convinced: ...
... #87 / 2023
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
The ninth annual report “Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2023 Model” analyzes Russia–China relations from the second and fourth quarters of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023. During this period, Moscow–Beijing relations were significantly affected by the external environment; namely, state tendencies towards escalating confrontation....
... mention the security risks involved. The new land grain corridor to China, when completed, is going to become a powerful booster for the economic and social development of rural areas in the East of Russia.
All these direct benefits notwithstanding, the China-Russia food cooperation should not be constrained to bilateral trade or cross-border investments only. After all, neither nation faces a prospect of critical food shortages: Russia experienced its last famine in the early 1930s, China—in the early 1960s....
... organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Grandview Institution.
During the event leading Russian and Chinese experts presented the views of Moscow and Beijing on global geopolitical trends and discussed opportunities for Sino-Russian interaction in the international arena amidst a changing world order. In addition, during the seminar, current trends in relations between China and the United States were discussed in the context of the ongoing trade war and increasing competition in the field of advanced technology.
The event was attended by Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director General, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Academic Director,...
... hegemony, but in fact it has been losing its financial, economic, and political advantages, said Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences, at an academic forum on Thursday gathering scholars from China, Russia and the US at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
Babaev told the Global Times that the balance of the world is now focusing on China, the US and Russia. The global power balance cannot be achieved without ...
... This discussion unfolded with the active support of Europe, whose leaders until the end of the 2000s hoped to consolidate their association in order to rank among the leading participants in international life, equal in strength to the United States, China or Russia. In fact, it was Europe, its politicians and observers, that made the greatest contribution to the expansion of interpretations of what allows us to talk about a participant in international life as an independent pole. This gave them a little....
... strategic costs of the conflict, despite its tactical advantages, have turned out to be even greater. The geographic proximity of the conflict and the more significant security risks in the event of an intentional or unintentional military clash with Russia play a role here. China, on the contrary, is strengthening its position. Beijing received the peace of its long borders in the north, a large Russian market, and a dispersal of American resources.
It cannot be ruled out that in such conditions the United States and its ...
... Ancien Régime, but the reality is that its days are now numbered.
Ivan Timofeev:
Political Philosophy: An Attribute of a Superpower
It was essential that in Beijing Chairman Xi and President Putin did not limit themselves do discussing the bilateral China-Russia agenda, no matter how important this agenda appears to be. On top of talking about trade, investments, R&D, education, hydrocarbons and agriculture, they two leaders also focused on more strategic issues related to the disintegration of the old ...
... Chairman of the Foundation, Ex-Chairman of CITIC Group, visited the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
During the meeting with Council leadership, participants discussed the prospects for cooperation between the Foundation and RIAC, as well as Russia-China relations in the changing world order. The parties expressed interest in the development of joint research projects.
... power competition
1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global peace, as harsh ideological divisions and conflicts began to be resolved. Now, three decades on, that peace has been lost. With war in Ukraine and increasing tensions between China, Russia, and the West, great power politics once again dominates the world stage. But could it have been different?
Richard Sakwa shows how the years before the first mass invasion of Ukraine represented a hiatus in conflict rather than a lasting accord ...
