Материалы: November 8th, 2013

To Hedge Its Bets, Russia Is Encircling China

By Zachary Keck Even as Sino-Russian relations expand, Moscow is strengthening its relationships with Beijing’s neighbors. Image credit:Host Photo Agency Russia is playing all sides as it expands ties with both China and many of the countries along its periphery, including Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam and India. The moves appear to be aimed at […]

Russia’s Pacific Destiny

By Ekaterina Kuznetsova & Vladislav Inozemtsev “By virtue of our unique geography”, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote in a 2011 Foreign Policy article, “the United States is both an Atlantic and a Pacific power.” Russia, meanwhile, has seen itself as a Euro-Asian country, as Vladimir Putin has argued from the start of his […]