After the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) raised to power in August 2009 Japan’s relations with its main military and political ally – the United States were seriously complicated by a number of foreign innovations embodied the Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. About the hidden circumstances of bilateral diplomacy of Tokyo and Washington were published the […]
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TURN ON YOUR LIFE. Sukhoi SSJ 100 Listed Dark History in Indonesia
17/05/2012By Zainal Arifin Jakarta – Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100)notes scrawled in the dark history of flight. In flight ‘promotion’ in Indonesia, SSJ 100 fared quite unlucky. Head of Russia SAR suspect aircraft manufacturer that carries 50 people crashed in the area of Mount Salak, West Java. However, until now there is no certainty. From […]
China locked out of Russia’s far east
17/05/2012By Dmitry Shlapentokh Since the incorporation of the far east into the Russian empire in the 17th century, Russia has strived to keep the area under its rule. This is why Moscow sent not just millions of convicts there but also considerable funds to build towns, factories and roads. After the end of the Soviet […]
Russia and China challenge NATO
17/05/2012By M K Bhadrakumar Consultations by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Moscow at the weekend were expected to prepare the ground for the visit by President Hu Jintao to Russia next month. In the event, however, they assumed a character of immense significance to international security. Sustained Russian-Chinese efforts to “coordinate” their stance on […]
How to not lose Russia
17/05/2012By Nicolai N Petro After Vladimir Putin’s decisive electoral victory in Russia’s presidential election many are asking whether the “reset” in United States-Russian relations will continue. I believe the answer to this question hinges on America’s official reaction to Putin’s re-election. After protests that followed last December’s legislative elections, president Dmitri Medvedev took steps to […]
The China pivot and the US ‘siege’ strategy
17/05/2012By David Isenberg On January 5, the Pentagon released a strategic review. The document itself was not particularly novel. The Pentagon regularly does strategy reviews, trying, like a modern version of the Oracle of Delphi, to divine the future and adjust its forces accordingly. Since the end of the Cold War the Pentagon has had […]
US: China’s aggression written in the stars
17/05/2012By Radhakrishna Rao Media reports reveal that there are growing concerns in the United States over rapidly expanding Chinese space capabilities that could help the communist giant derive diplomatic and defense-related advantages, which in turn could hurt the long-term national security and geostrategic interests of the US. A well-documented national security report on revising US […]
Putin returns to the Wild East
17/05/2012By Yong Kwon Vladimir Putin was ceremoniously reinstated as Russia’s head of state last week. The country is relatively more stable and prosperous than when he first assumed power in 2000. Nonetheless, Putin’s six-year term will still be wrought with serious challenges to the welfare of the nation and tenuous economic growth. In his short […]
China and its territorial disputes: One approach does not fit all
11/05/2012By Andy Yee, Hong Kong International relations in Asia last year were characterised by conspicuous territorial disputes in the South China Sea — between China, the US and ASEAN — and the East China Sea — between China and Japan. No doubt, China’s growing territorial assertiveness is an important factor in these disputes, which are geographically close […]
India and Japan’s involvement in the South China Sea disputes
11/05/2012By Andy Yee, Hong Kong Geopolitical tensions continue to simmer in the South China Sea after the Obama administration’s declaration last year of a US ‘return to Asia’ stirred up regional dynamics. Now, non-claimant states India and Japan are entering into the fray.There are various reasons for this activity. First, the South China Sea is […]