Adam Gartrell, AAP Diplomatic Correspondent Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has stressed to his Russian counterpart the need to be transparent with the development assistance it gives to Pacific island nations, amid ongoing concernsMoscowis using aid to buy diplomatic support in the region. Mr Rudd met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov inSydneyon Tuesday. With Mr Lavrov […]
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Fiji Visit to Expand Russian Diplomacy Into Pacific
6/02/2012
Updated January 30, 2012 10:29:27 Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, makes his first visit to Fiji this week… he arrives on Wednesday. Fiji’s Foreign Affairs Minister says the visit is an example of “Fiji’s work to diversify its global relationships and strengthen” its “economy”. But others fear its part of Russia’s plan to increase its […]
Cuddly Russians Want More Than Just Trade
6/02/2012JockAnderson| Monday January 30, 2012 Russiatoday squeezesNew Zealandcloser to being a pivotal pawn in Moscow’s foreign policy strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. Today’s “consultations plan” signed with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov formalises bilateral cooperation for another two years, a positive step towards improved relations and trade development between both countries. Most recent ministry of […]
Australia Lashes Russia Over Aid
6/02/2012Daniel Flitton AUSTRALIAhas delivered a broadside toRussiaover ”cheque-book diplomacy” in the South Pacific, accusingMoscowof using foreign aid to buy support for puppet states on the other side of the world. Australiahas lodged a formal complaint with the superpower over a push to have tiny Pacific island countries accept the independence of the disputed territories South […]
Опубликовано в Australia, November-December 2011, Press Review, The South Pacific 
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Опубликовано в Australia, November-December 2011, Press Review, The South Pacific Комментариев нет »Australia Could be Caught in Sino-US Crossfire
6/02/2012US President Barack Obama arrived in Australiatoday for a long-delayed visit. It is reported that Obama is going to announce an expanded USmilitary presence in Australia. The move is widely seen as a renewal of the US-Australia alliance to keep Chinain check. It is also interpreted as a choice made by Australia between the US […]
Опубликовано в Australia, China, November 2011, November-December 2011, Press Review, Press Review Комментариев нет »China Military Denounces U.S.-Australia Defense Upgrade
6/02/2012By Chris Buckley BEIJING| Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:43pm EST (Reuters) – China’s military denounced the United Statesand Australia on Wednesday for upgrading military ties, warning that such moves could erode trust and fan Cold War-era antagonism. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng made the warning about a plan unveiled in mid-November by U.S. President […]
Kremlin Turns Its Face to Eastern Frontier
6/02/2012
Mark Mackinnon From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 8:01PM EST It looks likeRussia, this city of tall Europeans who walk among the pastel-coloured buildings that line streets with names like Pushkin, Gogol and Lenin. But the poshest hotel inVladivostokis called the Hyundai and sushi bars are starting to rival borscht-and-vodka joints […]
How the West is Wholly Missing China’s Geopolitical Focus
6/02/2012Posted By Alexandros Petersen Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – 2:01 AM Alexandros Petersen is Advisor with the European Energy Security Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, and the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West. This post is the result of a […]
Together,U.S.,India and Japan Can Check China
6/02/2012By By Brahma Chellaney The launch of trilateral strategic consultations among the United States, India and Japan, and their decision to hold joint naval exercises this year, signal efforts to form an entente among the Asia-Pacific region’s three leading democracies. These efforts – in the world’s most economically dynamic region where the specter of a […]