... positioned as a leading international organisation and the foundation of a Greater Eurasia regional international order, given that Eurasia is still the only region of the world developing without a hegemon, either external and internal.
In fact, the SCO’s existence with Russia and India as members both weakens US influence and presence in the region and rules out a regional hegemony of China.
The SCO should persevere its policy of fighting separatism, extremism and terrorism, especially given that the gravity of these ...
On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
On July 16, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in cooperation with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), held a video seminar on Russia’s Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Opening speeches were made ...
The objective of the workshop is to explore the opportunities for strengthening coordination among the SCO member states and to discuss the priorities of Russia’s presidency of the Organization
On July 16, 2020, at 3:00pm (Moscow timezone), Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS, Pakistan), organizes an open video seminar on Russia’s presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via Zoom broadcasting to ...
... Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Reciprocal participation of each other's military delegations has also evolved into a regular feature of military-to-military cooperation between the two countries. Pakistan Army participated in Russia's “Army-2018 Exhibition” in Moscow. The Russian side participated in the 'International Defence Exhibition and Seminar' (IDEAS) in 2019. Russia participated in a multinational naval exercise called “Aman-2019,” and it attended the 2017 edition of the same exercise as well.
Based on the ...
... directly from the region’s
close geographic proximity to both Russia and Pakistan which in itself pre-dates
the modern international system. These ties, when approached via a possible
multilateral framework (such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO),
for instance), have immense potential in helping mediate existing tensions within
the region. Both Russia and Pakistan, by drawing on their own bilateral relations
with the Middle East’s major powers, can thus play a key role in arbitrating existing
disputes and tensions, such as the ongoing rivalry between Iran and Saudi
Arabia to help bring about ...
...
Central Asian countries have recently stepped up the fight against terrorism and extremism, as can be seen from the lack of overt terrorist activities in the last three years. This means they need to pursue closer cooperation with one another and with Russia, as well as with the OSCE and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to continue the fight against extremism.
Andrey Kortunov, Marlene Laruelle:
Envisioning Opportunities for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in and with Central Asia
OSCE forces can already be used to resolve issues caused by the increase in terrorist activity ...
... ongoing rapprochement, it is likely that Russia and China will seek to consolidate continental Eurasia. However, the organisation's inter and intra-regional contradictions, including the evolving asymmetric Moscow-China ties, can inherently limit the Sino-Russian calculus. A key vector of SCO's future will, therefore, depend upon the equilibrium in Russia-China ties. Notably, this equilibrium or asymmetry, competition or cooperation, and being a partner or rival is linked to a large extent on the triangular Russia-China-U.S. relationship....
... top of the Russian Il-78 MKI in the contest for securing a $2 billion contract to supply 6 aircraft (later the results of the tender were canceled).
The landmark event for Russia-India partnership in energy sphere was the first shipment of LNG from Russia to India in June 2018. Moscow has finally entered Indian gas market and offered more attractive terms than LNG suppliers from the U.S. From Moscow’s perspective, this deal is a great opportunity to show that the international blockade imposed by Washington against Russian oil ...
... neighbors on an internal issue of the country. Russia’s support to India,
including
at the United Nations Security Council, making clear that the abrogation of Article 370 was an internal matter of India.
Though there were misleading reports about Moscow commenting on the issue as bilateral, the confusions have been clarified. Russia indicated that India’s move on Jammu and Kashmir issue was
within the framework of the Indian Constitution
. The two leaders reiterated the purpose and principles of the UN Charter on ‘inadmissibility of interference in the internal affairs ...
... influence in the post-Soviet space.
The catalyst for the decline of interest in the G8 format from the Russian leadership was, of course, the creation of the G20. A significant part of the issues of global governance that were of great interest for Moscow moved to this platform. Russia felt more comfortable in the G20 compared to the G8: in a more representative association, Russia had new partners and additional opportunities to form tactical coalitions and advance its interests. It is no coincidence that since the expulsion ...
