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In circumstances where the survival of a major power is not at all contingent on the military efforts of allies, the ethical imperatives of collaboration come to the forefront. In this regard, Russia, in contrast to the United States and China, finds itself in a more challenging, yet strategically advantageous position.
Firstly, our foreign policy places a premium on moral integrity, as this is a critical factor in maintaining confidence in one’s own actions and their legitimacy. The ...
... truth in all areas of life. On the other, there are those who seem to lack the ability to shape their own lives independently and freely or to agree to what feels good and right for them.
With downright despotic behavior — you would think we were in China and not in Europe —rules of language and behavior are established, “good” demonstrations are ordered by the state.
But in times of crisis, there are always rays of hope, and new doors open. Things are bubbling up, more and more people are ...
... on a protracted conflict in which they know they have more resources.
Nuclear polycentricity reflects the world’s growing multipolarity
During the Cold War there were five nuclear powers, but then the only real poles were the US and the USSR, plus China with its then small nuclear arsenal. Now Beijing is moving towards (at least) parity with America and Russia, while India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel remain independent players (unlike NATO members Britain and France).
The classic Cold War ...
... Korean nationalist An Jung-geun assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan, has got a new magnificent Nouveau style terminal modelled after the original 1899 Russian station. Harbin has every reason to position itself as the leading China’s national hub for economic, cultural, educational and human interaction with its northern neighbor.
Remembering WW2 in Asia
One of the items of Vladimir Putin agenda in Harbin was to lay flowers at the memorial to some twelve thousand of Soviet ...
... region supreme from Baghdad. Having routed the Afghan Taliban, US forces were also entrenched in Kabul, supported as they were by military bases in the neighboring Central Asian nations, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Of Eurasia’s own premier powers, China was happily integrating into the global economy, where the Washington consensus was still law; India was shedding the last vestiges of Fabian socialism, and ready to embrace globalization, which logically prioritized relations with America; and ...
... goals, and represented Kazakhstan’s intentions of becoming an industrialized country.
Artem Dankov:
New Kazakhstan vs. Divided Kazakhstan: Policies Critical for Kasym-Jomart Tokayev
While Russia continues to be one of Kazakhstan’s greatest partners, China’s fast growing economy has started to bring the two countries closer together, forming an important new partnership that both states are eager to explore and develop. In the early 2000s, China began
importing
oil and gas, as well as invested ...
China attempts to delay, to the greatest extent possible, the process of direct conflict with the United States and its allies
China attempts to delay, to the greatest extent possible, the process of direct conflict with the United States and its allies....
Fyodor Lukyanov: Understanding the Chinese view is the key to being able to look differently at one’s place in the world and what kind of the world is preferable to us
Russia and China have a truly unique role in the international arena, which makes their relations a huge and very complex topic. Neither country accepts subordination to anyone or to each other. China is unable to be a junior partner, and the same goes for Russia....
... Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the SCO to take the region’s security into its own hands. Since its creation in 2001, the SCO has grown from a narrow regional bloc designed to ensure security along the perimeter of the post-Soviet states and China (the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001 only accelerated this integration) to a structure that claims to be a comprehensive guarantor of Eurasian security. The framework was later joined by Iran, as well as by India and Pakistan, even if they ...
Can Moscow make a meaningful contribution to an improvement in China-India relations?
Obviously, the future of Eurasia largely depends on China and India. These two nations demonstrate remarkable resilience in their economic, technological, political, cultural and spiritual growth and maturation. Undoubtedly, their ...
