My Forbes colleague Ilan Berman has written what sounds like an extremely provocative book about Russia’s “implosion” and what the “end” of the country means for the United States. Here’s how the book’s Amazon blurb describes its thesis: Today, Putin’s Russia is fast approaching a social and political crisis—one that promises to be every bit […]
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Russia Waking Up to Shale Realities
14/10/2013(“The American Interest”, США) Russia has long relied on its enormous oil and gas reserves to not only heat and power its homes, but also to fund its government. But as blessed by resources as it has been, it has also displayed an impressive ability to stay behind the curve of an energy landscape that […]
With Russia in Middle East, China Claims Central Asia
6/10/2013Moscow’s diplomatic push in the Middle East will fail, even as it loses influence in more vital regions. Russia’s Middle East policy is all the rage these days. An article in the Washington Post on Tuesday notes what we at The Diplomat have long been discussing: Moscow’s diplomatic offensive in the Middle East region. The […]
V.V. Agarkov – The general Yamada’s diary about the last days of captivity in the USSR is declassified
6/10/2013There’s nothing kept secret that will not come to light, but often it takes long years and even decades for revealing it. In case with General Otozo Yamada, the last commander in chief of the Kwangtung Army, it took over 56 years to reveal the truth. What we mean is infamous piece of quite extensive […]
Zhilina L.V. – Japanese students’ vision of Russia (based on 2007 and 2012 polls)
6/10/2013This research was conducted as part of “Forming public opinion about neighboring countries: Russia and Japan as viewed by students” project and was supported by Japanese foundation grants of 2007 and 2012. The main objective of the research was analysis of change in public opinion and vision of Russia and Russians (Japan and Japanese) by […]
V.N. Timoshenko, D.V. Suslov – Russia and Japan: old problems should not interfere with new possibilities
13/09/2013In recent decade Asia Pacific has been an area for dynamic development of international economic cooperation. Creation of new free-trade zones, emergence of newly formed integration blocks and development of blocks that already exist is carried with different degree of intensity. With all that, the relationships between Russia and Japan – the two leading economical […]
Aleksey Volodin – Japan and Russia: peace enforcement
13/09/2013As is known, in the end of April Russia was visited by an extended Japanese delegation lead by Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese authorities haven’t visited us for more than ten years, and this was perceived almost as a diplomatic failure of Russia by a certain group […]
Tsukanov S.S. – Problems of ecological security in the Russian Far East
13/08/2013In January of 2013 the head of the Russian government D.A. Medvedev conducted a meeting on the environment issues. He urged the government to continue taking measures to decrease negative effects on the environment, preserve and restore the unique natural resources and systems as well as increase ecological control and order in this sphere. The […]
April 23, 2013 – International round table “Russia and the United Kingdom in the Asia-Pacific region: history and prospects of relations”
17/04/2013Khabarovsk 15 00 Asia-Pacific International Relations Study Center (APIR Center) and Far Eastern State University of Humanities hold an international round table ‘Russia and the Great Britain in Asia-Pacific region: history and prospects of relations’ Round table will be attened by professor of the London School of Economics and Politics Janet Hartley. Russia and Britain […]
Russia’s integration in the Asia Pacific Region
17/04/2013Igor Melamed: Director of the International Centre for Regional Development Over the past three years, Russia has signed a number of major trade agreements aimed at the integration of RUSSIA in the Asia-Pacific region- which is a very difficult region of the world with enormous contrasts and complex processes. The attitude of the federal authorities […]