MOSCOW. (Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly) In the beginning of every year after Christmas holidays, MPs of Asian and Pacific countries meet at an international forum to sum up the results of the previous year, exchange opinions on trends in global and regional development and outline cooperation […]
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Russia in the Asia-Pacific region: opportunities and prospects of integration
10/06/2012By Natalya Stapran Russia being the Eurasian state shows long-term political, economic and military interest in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). This means that it has specific interests at stake. Certainly Russia would like to be considered as a major player in Asia Pacific affairs. Russia is geographically part of the region. In some sense geography is simultaneously an obstacle and opportunity for a successful Asian policy. On the one hand, […]
Russia in Asia and the Pacific
10/06/2012By Georgy Toloraya, CSCAP, Russia The Asia Pacific is a global region of primary significance. It is imperative that Russia grasps this fact, and lays out a comprehensive vision for its role in the region. If Russia can do this, it can greatly advance the cause of developing effective arrangements in the region. What are […]
Asia’s Future and Russia’s Policy
5/06/2012The rapid rise of the giant Asian region, which is becoming the global leader of economic growth, has only recently attracted the close attention of analysts worldwide. For Russia the rapid progress of its Eastern neighbors is of critical relevance. Of the 17.1 million square kilometers of Russia’s territory, Asia accounts for almost 14 million. […]
Would moving capital kick-start Russian economic reform?
1/06/2012By Fareed Zakaria A bold proposal recently caught my eye: One of Moscow’s top academics says Russia should build a new capital city. This city would be far, far away from Moscow,4,000 milesto be exact — in Vladivostok. Why? Well, the person who proposed the idea, Sergei Karaganov of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, wrote in […]
Russia: a capital in Vladivostok?
1/06/2012by Isabel Gorst Now the elections are out of the way, investors are waiting to see if Vladimir Putin has any new ideas up his sleeve to promote the development of Russia and avoid economic stagnation. One of the country’s leading political scientists has come up with a bold scheme: build a new capital at […]
The Dynamic Change in China and Russia’s Military Diplomacy
29/03/2012Written by Ralph Winnie, Contributing Editor Photo: EPA/Anatoly Maltsev The Kremlin recently revealed that Moscow has pledged $640 billion in an effort to bring 80 percent of the Russian military establishment up to modern standards by 2020. Consequently, Vladimir Popovkin, Deputy Defense Minister in charge of arms procurement, recently suggested to the media that the […]
Central Asia: Great Games or Graveyard?
22/03/2012Written by Michael Kofman, Senior Contributor On February 22nd, in what the Financial Times characterized as “Central Asia’s gradual shift from Moscow and towards Beijing,” China drastically expanded its investment in Kazakhstan. Not only in oil, but in a broad range of areas including water, uranium, and transit infrastructure worth billions of dollars. The […]
US Actions Make China-Russia Alliance Appealing
22/03/2012(Global Times) As US aircraft carrier groups gather in the Arabian Sea, a showdown between Iran and the West is rumbling on. If a war erupts, this will be another upshot of the US pursuit of absolute national security. Mainstream forces in Washington are trying to sell a ludicrous standpoint to the American people: that […]
David C. Gompert and Michael Kofman – Raising Our Sights: Russian-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability
21/02/2012The United States and Russia have sought to reduce the danger of nuclear war by limiting offensive strategic capabilities through negotiated agreements, relying on mutual deterrence based on reciprocal threats and the corresponding fear of retaliation. Although nuclear arsenals have been pared, this is fundamentally the same way the United States and Soviet Union sought […]