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Russia–India Strategic Partnership: Have We Hit a Plateau?

The President of the Russian Federation achieved yet another success while treading the “three seas” at the BRICS Summit in Goa, especially for large Russian companies that are growing their businesses in India. However, despite the fact that Moscow and New Delhi were able to reach new agreements on military and technical cooperation and energy, both countries will have to take a serious look at their approach to building relations if they want to take ...

16.11.2016

Where Is BRICS Headed? On the Results of the Goa Summit

... and authoritarian), and each country puts its national interests first. Significant attention is being paid to contradictions which do, indeed, exist between these states. First of all, there is a long-standing geopolitical conflict between China and India, which shows no signs of mitigating over time. The economic difficulties of the BRICS countries are also actively discussed, including dropping economic growth rates (it should be noted that India is the only state that demonstrates a relatively ...

09.11.2016

After Paris: Countries’ Paths into the Low-Carbon Future

... Mismatches. The Impact of the COP21 Climate Change Negotiations on the Oil and Gas Industries .” Chatham House Research Paper, August 2016. In December 2015 in Paris, a new climate agreement was signed replacing the Kyoto Protocol. The US, China, India, and the EU have already ratified it, and on November 4, 2016, the Paris Agreement will come into force. The document declares the goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre–industrial levels ...

20.10.2016

Asian Players in the Arctic: Interests, Opportunities, Prospects

Report #26 / 2016 The Arctic’s growing geopolitical and geoeconomic significance against the background of global climate change determines the interest of non-Arctic players to the region. In 2013 India, China, Republic of Korea, Japan and Singapore became observers to the Arctic Council. The Report examines non-regional actors’ interests in the Arctic, their policy frameworks in the region and principal areas of Arctic studies. Authors also ...

12.10.2016

Kashmir Tests Russia–India Friendship

Despite India’s protests, Russia will participate in the first joint Russia–Pakistan military exercise in close proximity to the disputed Kashmir, where the confrontation between New Delhi and Islamabad has again escalated into armed confrontation ...

04.10.2016

Experts from India Express Interest in Cooperation with Russian Partners

... Andrey Volodin , Honorary Member of the Vivekananda Foundation Ambassador Rangachari, and Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda Foundation Sushant Sareen. The discussion focused on the development of cooperation agenda of the two think-tanks. Experts from India spoke in praise of the new RIAC publication on Russian-Indian relations and expressed their willingness to support the Council’s initiative on the analysis of potential cooperation between Russia and India. The parties should concentrate on ...

21.09.2016

India’s Deputy Minister of External Affairs visits RIAC

On September 10, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council held a meeting with Secretary (West) of India’s Ministry of External Affairs Ms. Sujata Mehta. The discussion focused on India-EU relations after Brexit. The event was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov. He noted that the development of relations between India and the United ...

12.09.2016

The Myanmar Perestroika

... development. REUTERS The Muslim Question Finding an answer to the Muslim question is also becoming more urgent. As we have already noted, Myanmar is a Buddhist country. Still, there is also a Muslim population, formed mostly by descendants of settlers from India and Bangladesh. Official statistics number them at about 4 per cent of the population, unofficial data estimates up to 10 per cent. The so-called Rohingya problem has recently also exacerbated. The Rohingya people are ethnic Bengalis who live mostly ...

07.09.2016

Ambassador of India Pankaj Saran at RIAC

On September 5, 2016, Indian Ambassador Pankaj Saran visited the Russian International Affairs Council. RIAC President Igor Ivanov briefed his guest on the Council's projects on India, Asia and Asia-Pacific. They also willingly exchanged opinions on the role of independent ...

06.09.2016
 

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