... area. On the one side, the
Spratly Islands continue to be under the spotlight
, as Chinese vessels have been detected by the Philippines within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). On the other side, Manila’s coast guard has lately been engaged in a
... ... believes this to be a covert operation in order to spy on the Chinese military infrastructure and ships.
Ivan Timofeev:
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands ...
... WTO occasionally contrasted sharply with the lukewarm attitude displayed by other participants. It has to be admitted that, right now, Russia has no option but to continue upholding multilateralism in world trade because of all the APEC members only Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea do not participate in any regional integration group in the Asia-Pacific.
Interestingly, the Philippines managed to combine the domestic socioeconomic and the trade liberalization agendas by bringing up the topic of the services sector. It all started in winter 2015 with the discussion of importance of developing the services sector at the national ...
