Материалы: November 16th, 2014

Russia sends warships towards Australia before G20 meeting

Russia has sent a fleet of warships towards Australia in an apparent display of muscle-flexing ahead of the G20 meeting amid tensions between the two countries over the MH17 crash. Defence announced late on Wednesday it is “monitoring Russian naval vessels that are currently transiting through international waters to the north of Australia”. It stressed: “The movement […]

G20: feelings about MH17 and Ukraine will have to be put aside for any productive discussion to happen

If Ukraine is to be a cohesive, peaceful, prosperous country, the pro-Europeans and the pro-Russians will need to cooperate together and learn the art of compromise Russian President Vladimir Putin.Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP If the G20 is to operate as an effective organisation, its membership must learn to behave with civility to each other. How Australia’s […]

Time to Take the Russia-China Axis Seriously

The current partnership between Russia and China is far from temporary. By Ankit Panda If you haven’t already read it, Gilbert Rozman has an incisive essay over at Foreign Affairs that explains why the contemporary iteration of close bilateral ties between Russia and China is here to stay. Rozman argues that we’re not about to see a rehash […]

APIR Center announces an essay contest on the theme “The Second World War and the Great Patriotic War History and Modernity”

On the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Great Patriotic War Russia has never had anything to do with the rest of Europe … the story requires it another thought, another formula. (AS. Pushkin) APIR Center announces an essay contest on the theme: “The Second World War and the Great Patriotic […]