... India has often been reluctant to advance a fast institutionalization track for such important entities as SCO, BRIC or even for Quad [
1
]. In all these settings New Delhi would prefer to have commitments
a la carte
that is to give participating sides the ... ... projects, human contacts and so on. Though in Russia, like in India, there are those who remain concerned about the rapidly growing China’s economic might (and this might be one of the reasons why Russia, as well as India, never directly joined the Chinese ...
... Alliance is actively expanding its activities in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the trilateral Australia-UK-US block (AUKUS) is considering accepting new members, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue of the United States, India, Japan and Australia (Quad) acquires additional dimensions. A large-scale conflict might erupt at any point on the Korean Peninsula, in the Taiwan Strait, in the South China Sea, at the China-India border or at another location in or around Asia. One can suggest that many of these conflicts are fed and instigated from the outside, but it can hardly be denied that they also have many sources inside the Asian continent....
... reluctant to jeopardize their current relations with Beijing.
Apparently, India’s leadership will adopt a similar stance on Quad-2, the emerging multilateral collaboration in West Asia featuring the U.S., India, Israel and the UAE. The United States ... ... might build stronger ties to NATO through some customized “NATO+” format and to AUKUS, especially if the tensions in India-China relations get stronger. The United States will encourage India to deepen its relations with other U.S. partners and allies ...
... will have no realistic alternatives but embark on a closer rapprochement with Washington, while Russia will be forced to drift further towards Beijing. This will allegedly result, albeit not in the near future, in the official establishment of Russia–China and India–U.S. political and military alliances—or, as far as the latter case goes, in the Quad transforming into a multilateral alliance similar to the recently established AUKUS (between Australia, the UK and the U.S.).
Pessimists believe that Moscow and New Delhi do not share perspective on the future of global politics, with the gap becoming ...
... control and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. This policy has already shown itself at the meeting of the U.S. and China representatives in Anchorage
in March 2021
as well as at the meeting of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman with China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi
in July 2021
.
Most likely, the United States will not give up on its attempts to establish a multilateral Quad-based security system in the Indo-Pacific in the foreseeable future. It is also planned to gradually involve other participants in this format, as evidenced by the increased contacts with Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia. Taipei ...
... equals the process of institutionalization of Indo-Pacific. The more Quad develops, the more the institutionalization of Indo-Pacific progresses. In the future, it is quite possible for the Indo-Pacific to form its mechanism framework on the basis of Quad, but to what extent is another question.
Anastasia Pyatachkova:
China’s Economic Diplomacy Amid Multipolar Disorder
NATO in Asia?
Much attention has been paid to whether Quad will become “Asia’s NATO.” No doubt, the U.S. would like Quad to go along this trajectory. But in today’s international political ...
... growing Western presence in the Indian defense market and with the current Prime Minister Modi's "Make in India" industrial strategy. There are significant areas of disagreement between the two countries on many international matters including QUAD, Afghanistan, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and others. In 2020, for the first time in 20 years, Moscow and New Delhi failed to conduct their regular annual summit meeting.
Eight Principles of the “Greater Eurasian Partnership”
Of course, neither of these ...
Interview with Peter Tesch, Ambassador of Australia to the Russian Federation
What are the features of Australia’s approach to the conception of Indo-Pacific? What perspectives does Australia see for the Quad? Is China mainly a partner or a competitor to Australia? What place should Russia take in world politics? His Excellency
Mr Peter Tesch
, Ambassador of Australia to the Russian Federation, shares his thoughts on these and other issues.
Anton Tsvetov:
Australia,...
