10/12/2014
There are clear signs that a major war is about to break out in Ukraine: A war actively promoted by the NATO regimes and supported by their allies and clients in Asia (Japan) and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia). The war over Ukraine will essentially run along the lines of a full-scale military offensive against […]
1/12/2014
Relations between Washington and Moscow are strained for many reasons. And advice from the ivory tower, no matter how well intentioned, can sometimes make things even worse. This year, a working group of U.S. and Russian academics deliberated on how to make their two countries’ strategic forces more “compatible.” The lead authors, an American and […]
Опубликовано в Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia, Unites States 
Комментариев нет » 1/12/2014
China appears to be growing frustrated with North Korea’s behavior, perhaps to the point of changing its long-standing support for Pyongyang. As North Korea’s largest economic sponsor, Beijing has provided the North Korean regime with crucial aid for years and offered it diplomatic protection against the United States and other powers. To outsiders, China’s alliance […]
1/12/2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a biscuit as he provides field guidance at Foodstuff Factory No. 354 of the Korean People’s Army in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on November 17, 2013. (KCNA/Reuters) The North Korean border has never been a hospitable place. […]
1/12/2014
North Korea (NK) is a lot like Shawshank prison in the film The Shawshank Redemption. Kim Jong-un (KJU) is the warden, the keepers of the regime are the guards, and the people are the inmates who are isolated from the rest of the world, constantly monitored, and stripped of basic rights such as freedom of […]
1/12/2014
North Korea’s special envoy to Russia has returned home after appearing to make significant progress in improving bilateral ties, suggesting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may visit Moscow for a summit, ahead of its longtime ally China. Beijing, with its relations with Pyongyang deteriorating in recent years, is anxiously watching the developments between […]
Опубликовано в China, Korea, North Korea, Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia Комментариев нет » 27/11/2014
By Ankit Panda If you haven’t already read it, Gilbert Rozman has an incisive essay over at Foreign Affairs that explains why the contemporary iteration of close bilateral ties between Russia and China is here to stay. Rozman argues that we’re not about to see a rehash of the Sino-Soviet split anytime soon for a variety of reasons […]
27/11/2014
In a bid to protect its own interests in the Arctic, and wary of NATO’s growing attention to the region, Russia is set to reactivate former Soviet-era bases around the North Pole. But the Kremlin would do well to monitor the actions in the Arctic of its occasional partner and possible future rival, China, rather […]
27/11/2014
Beijing and Moscow are pushing for a reordering of world affairs based on ‘spheres of influence’ F or centuries European navies roamed the world’s seas – to explore, to trade, to establish empires and to wage war. So it will be quite a moment when the Chinese navy appears in the Mediterranean next spring, on […]
16/11/2014
Russia has sent a fleet of warships towards Australia in an apparent display of muscle-flexing ahead of the G20 meeting amid tensions between the two countries over the MH17 crash. Defence announced late on Wednesday it is “monitoring Russian naval vessels that are currently transiting through international waters to the north of Australia”. It stressed: “The movement […]
Опубликовано в Australia, Policy, Press Review, Press Review, Press Review, Russia, The South Pacific Комментариев нет »