... contradictions
were negligible
.
The growing rivalry between the PRC and the United States is one such trend. 2020 was marked by an almost avalanche-like deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing. The US launched an active offensive against China. The ideas that matured in previous years have been put into practice. Washington's strategic objectives can be divided
into several groups
. (1) To slow down the technological growth of the PRC, prevent the interconnection of its civil and military ...
... emerge as derivatives and after-effects of the preceding year. Nonetheless, the drivers for the recovery of the global economy next year are not circumscribed to the proverbial “low base effects” and include such key locomotives of global growth as China and East Asia more broadly as well as continued support and anti-crisis measures across the largest advanced economies:
Global economic recovery in 2021
— after a 4.4$ decline in 2020 global growth is projected by the IMF to exceed 5% in 2021,...
Russia and India are going to lose a lot if they have to take sides in this forthcoming US-China rivalry
"Russia is losing India!"—I have been hearing such lamentations in Moscow for as long as I have followed world politics. Pessimism and alarmism are not a rare phenomenon among intellectuals and experts in any country, Russia ...
... upcoming year. They also highlighted chances and challenges for Russian foreign policy in the region.
Ivan Timofeev
, RIAC Director of Programs, spoke about the role of sanctions in contemporary world, particularly stressing the increasingly acute U.S.–China rivalry. He noted that although the COVID-19 might have been expected to unite the nations, it only exacerbated the divide between them. Despite the UN calls for at least partial lifting of sanctions amidst the pandemic, they remained in place with ...
... with Moscow to the same extent as some Republicans were (e.g. late Senator John McCain). Joe Biden is more likely to focus on the transatlantic relations that were seriously damaged by his predecessor. Another burning matter is a trade agreement with China: it will not end the US-Chinese economic or technological competition, but can at least help to prevent a full-fledged trade war between Washington and Beijing. In sum, Biden can allow himself to put most of the Russia files on a back burner, with ...
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years
RCEP will deliver a strong impulse to greater liberalization in the world economy in the coming years, with US and China increasingly likely to compete in advancing their models of mega-regional integration projects. Globalization is coming back and this time it is back on a mega-regional scale, writes Yaroslav Lissovolik, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion ...
... coalitions of diverse stakeholders to make any tangible progress. Private-public partnerships should become common practices in various multilateral arrangements.
Andrey Kortunov, Zhao Huasheng:
The Coming Bipolarity and Its Implications: Views from China and Russia
In sum, if multilateral practices are to survive in years to come, they will survive in the format of ad hoc multilateralism or project-based multilateralism. Project-based multilateralism will become as common in the international relations ...
... range of issues from missile defense, intermediate-range missiles, hypersonics and potential space weapons. For this reason, Russia has offered to extend the treaty’s term for up to five years “without pre-conditions.”
The United States wants China to be part of any new START negotiations, but Antonov said Beijing is “not happy with such an invitation.” The ambassador said Moscow wants the United Kingdom and France, both nuclear powers and NATO members, to be involved if the talks are ...
... 2020, the competition between the largest technology leaders has only intensified. COVID-19 is hardly a direct cause of increased competition. However, it was in 2020 that it reached a fundamentally new level.
Ivan Danilin:
A New Stage in the U.S.–China Tech War: Huawei and Other U.S. Targets
The main opponents in the technology race today are China and the United States. The telecommunications industry is at the forefront of this competition. At the same time, it should be seen in the context ...
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”
On December 3, 2020 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a webinar titled “The 2020 U.S. presidential election: implications for Russia and China”.
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, ...
